title: Proteus syndrome with widespread portwine stain naevus.
abstract: Proteus syndrome is a rare condition comprising asymmetrical overgrowth of different parts of the body in association with various cutaneous abnormalities. We describe a 3-year-old boy with Proteus syndrome, who presented with hemihypertrophy of the right leg, asymmetric macrodactyly, subcutaneous masses and a widespread portwine stain interspersed with angiokeratomas on the right leg, scrotum and on the middle and left side of the back. Doppler ultrasound of the right leg did not show hypercirculation, but did reveal the absence of the right superficial femoral vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, Technical University Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Plötz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abeck
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Plötz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ring
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000002:abnormalities; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D019339:Port-Wine Stain / Q000209:etiology*; D016715:Proteus Syndrome / Q000150:complications*