Radiologic findings in the Proteus syndrome.
The radiological findings in two patients with the Proteus syndrome are described. Features in our two cases not previously mentioned or stressed include vertebral dysplasia and enlargement (megaspondylodysplasia), bilateral genu valgum, recurrent after surgery and intraabdominal and mesenteric lipomatosis. Emergency laparotomy was performed on the first patient who had a twisted necrotic portion of mesenteric fat. Macrodactyly, skeletal muscle atrophy and subcutaneous fat accumulation in the abdominal wall were present in both. In addition the second patient was mentally retarded and had frontal bony prominence of skull. Computed tomography was used for the specific diagnosis of the lipomatous tissues in both patients.
Department of Radiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed