%0 Journal Article %T Proteus syndrome: A case report %J Iranian Journal of Dermatology %I Iranian Society of Dermatology %Z 2717-0721 %A Ramin, Espandar %A Shideh, Yazdanian %A Kamran, Balighi %A Taghi, Baghdadi %A Ali Naser, Tork %D 2006 %\ 12/01/2006 %V 9 %N 4 %P 360-366 %! Proteus syndrome: A case report %K Proteus syndrome %K asymmetrical hypertrophy of extremities %K cerebriform hypertrophy of the sole %R %X The Proteus syndrome comprises an association of asymmetrical overgrowth of almost any part of the body, verrucous epidermal naevi, vascular malformations and lipoma-like subcutaneous hamartoma. Both sexes are affected with equal frequency and severity and it is not transmitted genetically. Here a 16-year-old man with asymmetric overgrowth of the extremities, macrodactyly, cerebriform hypertrophy of the soles and various skin and bony lesions is reported diagnosed as Proteus syndrome. %U