Duarte Santos, Catarina and Lizardo Grácio, Rita and Costa Pires, Tatiana and Gonzalez Santos, Miguel and Rodrigues, Rita J and Magalhães, Miriam and Mota Ponte, Alcina (2021) Proteus Syndrome: A Rare Case in An Adult Ward. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (4). pp. 1-3. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
Proteus syndrome is an extremely rare disorder that manifests as an asymmetric, disproportionate overgrowth of any connective tissue, such as bone, fat or epidermal nevi, in a mosaic or patchy pattern. It has an estimated prevalence of less than 1/1,000,000 live births. The diagnosis can be difficult because the phenotypes of the patients are variable. Many individuals develop cutaneous capillary malformation and prominent varicosities (large and complex vascular malformations). Thus, Proteus syndrome patients are at risk of developing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. The authors present the case of a patient with Proteus syndrome who was admitted because of pulmonary thromboembolism and presented hypertrophy of the left arm and left hemithorax.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Proteus syndrome, overgrowth, thromboembolism |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2021 14:58 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2021 14:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21217 |
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