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Proteus syndrome
Proteus syndrome n. Medicine a rare, sporadic disorder with highly variable manifestations in which there is overgrowth of bone and soft tissues, often asymmetrical and typically resulting in enlargement of the head, hands, or feet and the occurrence of multiple soft tissue tumours and vascular malformations.Proteus syndrome is considered to be a possible explanation for the deformities exhibited by Joseph Merrick (1862–90), the Elephant Man.
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1983 H. R. Wiedemann et al. European Jrnl. Pediatrics 140 5 Four boys are described with partial gigantism of the hands and/or feet, pigmented nevi, hemihypertrophy, subcutaneous hamartomatous tumors and macrocephaly, and/or other skull anomalies... We propose the term Proteus syndrome for this ‘new’ syndrome.
1996 Guardian 5 Dec. i. 6/8 Proteus syndrome involves abnormal growth of both bone and soft tissue.
2001 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 10 June 33 He points out that NF-1 [= neurofibromatosis type 1] and Proteus Syndrome each explain some of Merrick's symptoms; in combination, they also explain the singular nature of his condition.
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