| • | Greek God “Proteus” (protean = various manifestations?) |
| • | inheritance = sporadic not genetically transmitted, but should be thought of as a complex genetic abnormality |
| • | capillary malformations, lipomas, epidermal nevi, subcutaneous masses (probably lymphatic malformations) |
| • | characteristic cerebriform plantar hyperplasia = distinct for this syndrome |
| • | ddx: Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber, Mafucci syndrome, NF1 |
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