Proteus syndrome: clinical and radiological findings through a new case report
Barakizou Hager,
Khelifi Azza,
Ferjani Maryem
et al.
Abstract:Background
Proteus syndrome (PS) is a complex and uncommon disorder with as its main feature a patchy or mosaic postnatal overgrowth. A high clinical and radiological variability characterizes it.
Case presentation
We report the case of a 2-year-old boy presenting with lipomas and diagnosed as PS in front of general criteria (sporadic occurrence, progressive course, and mosaic distribution of lesions) and specific criteria (linear epidermal nevus i… Show more
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