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A case of Proteus syndrome (elephant man).
A 10-year old boy, product of a non-consanguineous parents presented with developmental delay and poorly controlled seizures. On examination he had features suggestive of atypical growth of the body. There were asymmetric overgrowth of the skull, downward slanting of the palpebral fissures with ptosis, an epibulbar dermoid in the right eye (Figure 1) and a bony tumour (hyperostosis) of the exte...
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Sir Frederick Treves first showed Joseph Merrick, the famous Elephant Man, to the Pathological Society of London in 1884. A diagnosis of neurofibromatosis was suggested in 1909 and was widely accepted. There is no evidence, however, of café au lait spots or histological proof of neurofibromas. It is also clear that Joseph Merrick's manifestations were much more bizarre than those commonly seen ...
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The Proteus syndrome comprises an association of asymmetrical overgrowth of almost any part of the body, verrucous epidermal naevi, vascular malformations and lipoma-like subcutaneous hamartoma. Both sexes are affected with equal frequency and severity and it is not transmitted genetically. Here a 16-year-old man with asymmetric overgrowth of the extremities, macrodactyly, cerebriform hypertrop...
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To cite: Pullicino R, Grech R. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013201541 DESCRIPTION We describe a case of Proteus syndrome in a 34-year-old man who started to notice growths over his left frontal and temporal regions about 15 years ago. An abdominal ultrasound confirmed splenomegaly which was palpable on clinical examination. A skull X-ray showed...
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Proteus syndrome is a rare congenital disorder comprised of subcutaneous and internal hamartomas, miscellaneous skin and vascular nevi, skeletal and nervous system and eye malformations, with characteristic manifestations including hemihypertrophy, local gigantism, macrodactyly and cerebriform thickness of soles and palms. A 23 year-old man with diagnosis of proteus syndrome had sever ane...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v51i1.1378