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Terme préférentiel

Proteus Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • 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.

Synonyme(s)

  • Elephant Man Disease

Traductions

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XBDTQGR4-1

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 21/06/1991, dernière modification le 08/07/2013