title: Proteus syndrome: a natural clinical course of Proteus syndrome.
abstract: A 16-year-old Korean male patient presented with macrodactyly, hemihypertrophy of the face and extremities, plantar cerebriform hyperplasia, a subcutaneous mass of the left chest, macrocephaly and verrucous epidermal nevi. These findings are consistent with Proteus Syndrome. The clinical features, etiology, management, natural course and differential diagnosis of this case are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, International Health Care Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea. yohan@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Linton
authors.forename: Byeong-Kwon
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Choong-San
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016715:Proteus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy