Disease or Syndrome
carney triad
[ kar-nee try-ad ]
Definitions related to carney triad:
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A very rare disorder marked by tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (usually the stomach), tumors that form in embryonic nervous tissue in the head, neck, and torso, and tumors that form in cartilage in the lungs. Sometimes tumors also form in the adrenal glands and esophagus. Carney triad is most common in young females.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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An extremely rare syndrome characterized by the presence of gastrointestinal stromal tumors, pulmonary chondroma, and/or extra-adrenal paraganglioma. There is no evidence of familial inheritance.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A rare non-hereditary condition characterized by gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST, intramural mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract with neuronal or neural crest cell origin), pulmonary chondromas and extraadrenal paragangliomas.National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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