RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Proteus syndrome and hypothyroidism. An unusual association
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1120
OP 1122
VO 35
IS 9
A1 Ali, Manzoor A.
A1 Yaseen, Hakam A.
A1 Muhammed, Muhammed A.
YR 2014
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/35/9/1120.abstract
AB We present a case of a 3½-year-old girl diagnosed as Proteus syndrome with severe cosmetic disfigurement-macrodactyly, hemi-hypertrophy of the face and limbs, megalencephaly, lymph edema of both hands and feet along with severe global developmental delay. She was found to have severe recalcitrant epilepsy and also primary hypothyroidism; the association of which is not mentioned in the previous literature.