An unusual initial presentation of Proteus syndrome: macrosyndactyly

Cemil Yıldırım Türk; Ahmet Güney; Mithat Öner; Mehmet Halıcı

Cemil Yıldırım Türk¹, Ahmet Güney², Mithat Öner², Mehmet Halıcı²

⁰²Orthopedics and Traumatology, Medicine Faculty of Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Orthopedics and Traumatology,
¹Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Division of Hand Surgery

Keywords: Hand; lymphangioma; macrodactyly; Proteus syndrome; syndactyly.

Abstract

Proteus syndrome is a complex disorder characterized by a wide variety of deformities including macrodactyly. In the present report, we present a case with complex macrosyndactyly in his hand. The patient was surgically treated. However, he admitted with lymphangiomas on his body during the follow- up period, leading to the diagnosis of Proteus syndrome. This article discusses the differential diagnosis of Proteus syndrome and the treatment methods used for macrodactyly along with the presentation of the case.