Problem
Proteus syndrome
Other Names:
Gigantism of hands and feetHemihypertrophy
Nature:
Proteus syndrome is a rare disorder with a genetic background that can cause tissue overgrowth involving all three embryonic lineages. Patients with Proteus syndrome tend to have an increased risk of embryonic tumor development. The clinical and radiographic symptoms of Proteus syndrome are highly variable, as are its orthopedic manifestations.
Only a few more than 200 cases have been confirmed worldwide, with estimates that about 120 people are currently alive with the condition. As attenuated forms of the disease may exist, there could be many people with Proteus syndrome who remain undiagnosed. Those most readily diagnosed are also the most severely disfigured.
The syndrome is named after the Greek sea-god Proteus, who could change his shape. The condition appears to have been first described in the American medical literature by Samia Temtamy and John Rogers in 1976. American pathologist Michael Cohen described it in 1979.
Broader Problems:
Limb disordersGenetic defects and diseases Related Problems:
MacrocephalyOllier diseaseMaffucci syndromeNeurofibromatosisKlippel-Trenaunay syndrome Aggravates:
Facial disfigurement Values:
Syndrome Subject(s):
Medicine → Locomotive, integumentary systemMedicine → Malformations
Medicine → Pathology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems Date of last update
07.11.2019 – 20:33 CET