Proteus Syndrome

Hiba Hikmat Maqdasi^1,

¹AL Kindy teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq

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Hiba Hikmat Maqdasi. Proteus Syndrome. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2014; 2(7):136-138. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-2-7-2

Abstract

This rare sporadic disease is named after the Greek god Proteus who could change shape. The syndrome has protean manifestations that include partial gigantism of the hands and feet, cerebriform plantar hyperplasia, hemangiomas, lipomas, lipohypoplasia, linear verrucous epidermal nevi, patchy dermal hypoplasia, macrocephaly, hyperostosis, muscular hypoplasia, and hypertrophy of the long bones.

Keywords

dermatology, proteus syndrome

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