A case of Carney complex

The Carney complex is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterised by multi ple neoplasies, including myxomas at various sites (cardiac, cutaneous, mam mary), spotty pigmentation, endocrine overactivity (Gushing's syndrome, acr omegalia), testicular tumours and schwannomas. This report describes the ca se of a 43-year-old woman with an acute inferior myocardial infarction, pro bably due to coronary embolization from a large left atrial myxoma and who presented this association. A brief review of the Carney complex is provide d after discussion of this rare case that required an screening of family m embers.