Yonsei Med J.
2002 Apr;43(2):259-266. 10.3349/ymj.2002.43.2.259.
Proteus Syndrome: A Natural Clinical Course of Proteus Syndrome
- Affiliations
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- 1International Health Care Center, Severance Hospital, Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yohan@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 2Modern Science Clinic for Biomedical Research, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 1118976
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2002.43.2.259
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.
