Proteus syndrome: MRI characteristics of plantar cerebriform hyperplasia.
Proteus syndrome is a rare congenital hamartomatous syndrome with a variety of abnormalities. It shares many features with other congenital hamartomatous disorders, but cerebriform hyperplasia of the soles and the palms is known as a quite distinctive characteristic in the dermatologic literature. The purpose of this case report is to demonstrate the MRI features of plantar cerebriform hyperplasia in a 9-year-old boy with known Proteus syndrome.
Vanhoenacker
F M
FM
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
De Beuckeleer
L H
LH
Deprettere
A
A
De Moor
A
A
De Schepper
A M
AM
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016715:Proteus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography