title: [Proteus syndrome].
abstract: Proteus syndrome is a rare congenital disorder in which the major clinical manifestations are skeletal deformities and hamartomatous tumors. The case of a 42-year-old woman with right hemihypertrophy, macrodactyly of the right hallux, extreme kyphoscoliosis and bilateral plantar connective tissue naevi is reported. Proteus syndrome is reviewed with reference to this patient.
authors.affiliation: Hautklinik Ludwigshafen.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maassen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Voigtländer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006214:Hallux / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000235:genetics*; D009506:Nevus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Proteus-Syndrom.