Proteus syndrome.
A 10-month-old girl had macrodactyly, facial and extremity hemihypertrophy, plantar cerebriform hyperplasia, a subcutaneous mass on the back, macrocephaly, and lumbar kyphosis. These findings were diagnostic of Proteus syndrome. The clinical features, etiology, management, and points of differential diagnosis are discussed.
Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007223:Infant; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000473:pathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D016715:Proteus Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities