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Proteus Syndrome

1AL Kindy teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2014, Vol. 2 No. 7, 136-138
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-2-7-2
Copyright © 2014 Science and Education Publishing

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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.

Correspondence to: Hiba  Hikmat Maqdasi, AL Kindy teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq. Email: hibahm70@yahoo.com

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.

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