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Approach in an adolescent Proteus male patient with megafoot.

[proteus syndrome]

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 aspects of this very interesting entity. We also review the recent literature related with Proteus syndrome.

Diseases presenting "overgrowth" symptom

  • achondroplasia
  • cowden syndrome
  • dentin dysplasia
  • hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius
  • kabuki syndrome
  • lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome
  • proteus syndrome
  • wolf-hirschhorn syndrome

This symptom has already been validated