Evaluation of a Lung Nodule in the Setting of Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: Surgical Considerations in Carney's Triad

Dathe Benissan-Messan; Emily Singer; Peter Kneuertz; Robert Merritt; Desmond D'Souza

doi:10.7759/cureus.7620

Evaluation of a Lung Nodule in the Setting of Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: Surgical Considerations in Carney's Triad

Cureus. 2020 Apr 10;12(4):e7620. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7620.

Authors

Dathe Benissan-Messan¹, Emily Singer¹, Peter Kneuertz², Robert Merritt³, Desmond D'Souza³

Affiliations

¹ Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, USA.
² Thoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, USA.
³ Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, USA.

Abstract

In 1977, Carney et al. first described an association of gastric epithelioid leiomyosarcoma or gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), pulmonary chondroma, and extra-adrenal paraganglioma. This previously unrecognized disorder came to be known as Carney's triad. We describe a case of a 27-year-old female with metastatic GIST, diagnosed with Carney's triad following pulmonary wedge resection, and highlight the surgical implication of this rare disease association.

Keywords: benign or congenital lesions; cancer; chest; genetic syndromes; lung; metastases/metastasectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports