Open AccessUnilateral hypertrophic skin lesions, hemimegalencephaly, and meningioma: The many faces of Proteus syndrome
Author(s) -
Niharika Ranjan Lal,
Debabrata Bandyopadhyay,
Asim Sarkar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5178.164477
Subject(s) - proteus syndrome , medicine , hemihypertrophy , hemimegalencephaly , pathology , meningioma , dermatology , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , cortical dysplasia
Proteus syndrome is a rare condition with a wide spectrum of abnormalities. It is characterized by hamartomatous malformations involving multiple organs. Serious complications may ensue, such as pulmonary embolism, cystic lung disease, and various neoplasms such as parotid adenomas, ovarian cystadenomas, and meningiomas. We report here a case of Proteus syndrome in a 21-year-old woman who had facial hemihypertrophy, cerebriform plantar hyperplasia, hemimegalencephaly, and meningioma for the rarity of the entity.