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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Developmental > Proteus Syndrome
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Abnormalities, Multiple > Proteus Syndrome
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Limb Deformities, Congenital > Proteus Syndrome
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Limb Deformities, Congenital > Proteus Syndrome
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary > Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple > Proteus Syndrome
Neoplasms > Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary > Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple > Proteus Syndrome
Neoplasms > Hamartoma > Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple > Proteus Syndrome
Neoplasms > Neoplasms, Multiple Primary > Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple > Proteus Syndrome

Preferred term

Proteus Syndrome  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Elephant Man Disease

Note

  • hamartomas & multiple abnorm; "Proteus" refers to the sea god in Greek mythol who could assume many forms; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES

Scope note

  • Hamartoneoplastic malformation syndrome of uncertain etiology characterized by partial GIGANTISM of the hands and/or feet, asymmetry of the limbs, plantar hyperplasia, hemangiomas (HEMANGIOMA), lipomas (LIPOMA), lymphangiomas (LYMPHANGIOMA), epidermal NEVI; MACROCEPHALY; cranial HYPEROSTOSIS, and long-bone overgrowth. Joseph Merrick, the so-called "elephant man", apparently suffered from Proteus syndrome and not NEUROFIBROMATOSIS, a disorder with similar characteristics.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016715

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