Ophthalmologic examination in the diagnosis of Proteus syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical features of Proteus syndrome, a rare recently recognized hamartoneoplastic malformation, with emphasis on the ocular findings.


METHODS
Complete physical and ocular examination of two new patients with Proteus syndrome.


RESULTS
The two reported cases illustrate the wide clinical polymorphism of Proteus syndrome and the overlap of its clinical manifestations with those of other overgrowth syndromes. Both patients had periorbital exostoses and epibulbar tumors. The ocular findings are compared with those in the literature.


CONCLUSIONS
Considering the paucity of information in the ophthalmic literature, this article explores the role of the ophthalmologist in diagnosing this rare entity.
Bouzas
E A
EA
National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Krasnewich
D
D
Koutroumanidis
M
M
Papadimitriou
A
A
Marini
J C
JC
Kaiser-Kupfer
M I
MI
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005096:Exostoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000175:diagnosis; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D016715:Proteus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*