purpose: to report a case of proteus syndrome with new ophthalmic findings not reported elsewhere. patient and findings: the patient is an 18-year-old girl with red lesions on hand and foot from birth and disproportionate growth of right upper and lower limbs from the first year of life. on examination, the patient has enlargement of the right upper and lower limb, macrodactyly, vascular malfor...

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...

how to cite this article: gunawan pi, lusiana l, saharso d. hemispherectomy procedure in proteus syndrome. iran j child neurol.summer 2016; 10(3):86-90   objective proteus syndrome is a rare overgrowth disorder including bone, soft tissue, and skin. central nervous system manifestations were reported in about 40% of the patients including hemimegalencephaly and the resultant hemicranial hyperpl...

BACKGROUND Proteus syndrome is a rare developmental disorder of unknown aetiology. It is a disorder characterized by postnatal overgrowth affecting multiple tissues. Proteus syndrome is most frequently manifested in skeletal changes. As manifestations of Proteus syndrome are highly variable, and many are found in other overgrowth syndromes, and due to inconsistent application of diagnostic crit...

In this editorial, we briefly (1) define Proteus syndrome; (2) analyze reports of PTEN mutations claimed to have ‘‘Proteus syndrome’’ or a ‘‘Proteus-like syndrome’’; (3) demonstrate the high frequency of misdiagnosis of Proteus syndrome by clinicians less familiar with the disorder; and (4) discuss two series of patients who do meet the diagnostic criteria for Proteus syndrome among whom none h...

Proteus syndrome is a rare overgrowth syndrome characterized by hemihypertrophy, lower limb asymmetry, hyperpigmentations, lipomas, and vascular malformation. In this paper, we present a new adolescent Proteus syndrome patient with bilateral megafoot. He was very successful in playing football and was very popular among his friends. We present this case for the psychological and surgical aspect...

Proteus syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder characterized by an asymmetrical overgrowth of skin, bones, muscles, fatty tissues, and blood and lymphatic vessels. We present a case of a six-year-old boy with proteus syndrome who underwent bone scintigraphy for suspected osteomyelitis. Bone scintigraphy ruled out osteomyelitis and suggested cellulitis. In addition, it demonstrated strik...

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...