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Mirmomen SM, Arai AE, Turkbey EB, Bradley AJ, Sapp JC, Biesecker LG, Sirajuddin A. Cardiothoracic imaging findings of Proteus syndrome. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6577. [PMID: 33753828 PMCID: PMC7985501 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86029-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In this work, we sought to delineate the prevalence of cardiothoracic imaging findings of Proteus syndrome in a large cohort at our institution. Of 53 individuals with a confirmed diagnosis of Proteus syndrome at our institution from 10/2001 to 10/2019, 38 individuals (men, n = 23; average age = 24 years) underwent cardiothoracic imaging (routine chest CT, CT pulmonary angiography and/or cardiac MRI). All studies were retrospectively and independently reviewed by two fellowship-trained cardiothoracic readers. Disagreements were resolved by consensus. Differences between variables were analyzed via parametric and nonparametric tests based on the normality of the distribution. The cardiothoracic findings of Proteus syndrome were diverse, but several were much more common and included: scoliosis from bony overgrowth (94%), pulmonary venous dilation (62%), band-like areas of lung scarring (56%), and hyperlucent lung parenchyma (50%). In addition, of 20 individuals who underwent cardiac MRI, 9/20 (45%) had intramyocardial fat, mostly involving the endocardial surface of the left ventricular septal wall. There was no statistically significant difference among the functional cardiac parameters between individuals with and without intramyocardial fat. Only one individual with intramyocardial fat had mildly decreased function (LVEF = 53%), while all others had normal ejection fraction.
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- S Mojdeh Mirmomen
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room B1D416, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room B1D416, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 1C336, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room B1D416, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA
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- Genetic Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 8D47E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA
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- Genetic Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 8D47E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA
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- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room B1D416, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
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Sethi D. Proteus syndrome: what the anesthetist should know. J Clin Anesth 2015; 27:419-22. [PMID: 25921368 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2015.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Proteus syndrome (PS), a rare hamartomatous disorder, manifests itself in asymmetric and disproportionate overgrowth of multiple body tissues. Because of complexity of the disorder, the anesthetic problems encountered during patients' perioperative management are very varied. We discuss the case of a 14-year-old adolescent boy diagnosed with PS who underwent corrective osteotomy of right knee joint under subarachnoid block. The salient points the anesthetists need to be aware of while caring for patients with PS are highlighted.
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- Divya Sethi
- Department of Anesthesia, Employees' State Insurance Postgraduate Institute of Medical, Sciences and Research (ESI PGIMSR), New Delhi, 110015, India.
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Hannoush H, Sachdev V, Brofferio A, Arai AE, LaRocca G, Sapp J, Sidenko S, Brenneman C, Biesecker LG, Keppler-Noreuil KM. Myocardial fat overgrowth in Proteus syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2014; 167A:103-10. [PMID: 25377688 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Proteus syndrome (PS) is a rare, mosaic disorder with asymmetric and distorting overgrowth of the skeletal system, skin, and adipose tissues. Cardiac abnormalities are rare in this syndrome and only two prior cases have been reported. Many patients with PS followed at our institution underwent transthoracic echocardiograms for preoperative evaluation or as work-up for associated pulmonary disease. Some were noted to have prominent, focal echodense areas in the myocardium. We further investigated cardiac findings in a cohort of children and adult patients with PS. Patients with abnormal echocardiograms were referred for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, Holter monitoring, and exercise treadmill testing. Twenty children and adults with PS, age 24 months to 50 years old, underwent transthoracic echocardiograms. Seven patients (35%) had focal bright echodense areas within the myocardium suggesting fatty infiltration. The majority of patients had significant involvement of the interventricular septum. The cardiac characteristics of all patients with fatty infiltration on transthoracic echocardiograms were compared to Proteus patients without these findings. There were no significant differences in chamber sizes, mass, systolic or diastolic function. No increased risk of conduction defects or arrhythmias was found. This study shows that abnormal fat overgrowth is a common finding in the myocardium in patients with Proteus syndrome; however, it is not associated with functional derangements or arrhythmias. Further evaluation of a larger number of Proteus patients is needed in order to determine the frequency and prognosis of cardiac involvement. Published 2014. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
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- H Hannoush
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Nunlist EH, Garcia J, Garg R. Are you calling me fat? An extreme case of cardiac lipomatosis masquerading as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2014; 7:563-5. [PMID: 24847010 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.113.000906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Eva H Nunlist
- From the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL (E.H.N.); Department of Pediatrics, Florida Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL (J.G.); and Department of Pediatrics and Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (R.G.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL (E.H.N.); Department of Pediatrics, Florida Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL (J.G.); and Department of Pediatrics and Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (R.G.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL (E.H.N.); Department of Pediatrics, Florida Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL (J.G.); and Department of Pediatrics and Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (R.G.).
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Kannu P, Perry D, Rees M, O'Donnell C, Aftimos S. Another case of multiple juxtasutural hyperostoses, cervical exostoses, and fatty infiltration of myocardium. Am J Med Genet A 2011; 155A:589-94. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2009] [Accepted: 04/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Pazzaglia UE, Beluffi G, Bonaspetti G, Ranchetti F. Bone malformations in Proteus syndrome: an analysis of bone structural changes and their evolution during growth. Pediatr Radiol 2007; 37:829-35. [PMID: 17569038 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0486-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2006] [Revised: 12/04/2006] [Accepted: 01/01/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The radiographic follow-up of a patient with Proteus syndrome is presented. Review of radiographs obtained at 3 years 10 months, 10 years, and 17 years 8 months indicated that the rate of growth in length of the oversized tubular bones of the hands was similar to that of the normal bones of the same hand. This observation supports the view that the primary lesion occurs in the early embryonic period, when the limb bud mesenchyme cells condense and cartilage differentiates producing oversized cartilage anlages, rather than being a defect of bone cell-mediated apposition and modelling processes of bone. Additional radiographs of the pelvis and spine were obtained at age 4 years 10 months and head CT at 8 years 10 months. This pathogenetic mechanism fits well with the hypothesis of somatic mosaicism, which is at present the most credible explanation for the aetiology of Proteus syndrome. Other skeletal malformations recognized as typical of the syndrome can be interpreted as secondary adaptations to the altered mechanical conditions induced by overgrowth of bones.
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- Ugo E Pazzaglia
- Orthopaedic Clinic, University of Brescia Spedali Civili di Brescia, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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Turner JT, Cohen MM, Biesecker LG. Reassessment of the Proteus syndrome literature: application of diagnostic criteria to published cases. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 130A:111-22. [PMID: 15372514 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The medical care of patients affected by rare disorders depends heavily on experiences garnered from prior cases, including those patients evaluated by the treating physician and those published in the medical literature. The utility of published cases is wholly dependent upon accurate diagnosis of those patients. In our experience, the rate of misdiagnosis in Proteus syndrome (PS) is high. Diagnostic criteria have been published, but these criteria have not been applied consistently and were published after many case reports appeared in the literature. We reviewed 205 cases of individuals reported to have PS in the literature and three of us independently applied the diagnostic criteria to these case reports. Our initial diagnostic congruence was 97.1% (199/205); the discrepancies in six cases were easily resolved. Only 97 (47.3%) of reported cases met the diagnostic criteria for PS; 80 cases (39%) clearly did not meet the criteria; and although 28 cases (13.7%) had features suggestive of PS, there were insufficient clinical data to make a diagnosis. Reported cases that met the PS criteria had a higher incidence of premature death, and other complications (scoliosis, megaspondyly, central nervous system abnormalities, tumors, otolaryngologic complications, pulmonary cystic malformations, dental and ophthalmogic complications) compared to those in the non-Proteus group. The cases that met the criteria were more often male, which has implications for hypotheses regarding the etiology and pathophysiology of PS. We also studied the attributes that led authors to conclude the reported patients had PS when we concluded they did not. We found that two of the diagnostic criteria (disproportionate overgrowth and connective tissue nevi) were often misinterpreted. In PS, the abnormal growth is asymmetric, distorting, relentless, and occurred at a faster rate compared to the rest of the body. Furthermore, PS was associated with irregular and disorganized bone, including hyperostoses, hyperproliferation of osteoid with variable calcification, calcified connective tissue, and elongation of long bones with abnormal thinning. In contrast, non-Proteus cases displayed overgrowth that was asymmetric but grew at a rate similar to the growth found in unaffected areas of the body. Also, the overgrowth in non-Proteus cases was associated with normal or enlarged bones together with ballooning of the overlying soft tissues. Taken together, these data show that (1) PS diagnostic criteria sort individuals with asymmetric overgrowth into distinct groups; (2) individuals with PS were more likely to have serious complications; (3) PS affects more males than females; and 4) the published diagnostic criteria are useful for clinical care and research. This article contains supplementary material, which may be viewed at the American Journal of Medical Genetics website at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0148-7299/suppmat/index.html.
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- Joyce T Turner
- Genetic Diseases Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Lublin M, Schwartzentruber DJ, Lukish J, Chester C, Biesecker LG, Newman KD. Principles for the surgical management of patients with Proteus syndrome and patients with overgrowth not meeting Proteus criteria. J Pediatr Surg 2002; 37:1013-20. [PMID: 12077761 DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.33832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Proteus syndrome is a rare, sporadic disorder consisting of disproportionate overgrowth of multiple tissues, vascular malformations, and connective tissue or epidermal nevi. Patients with Proteus syndrome present with diverse and variable phenotypes because of the syndrome's mosaic pattern of distribution. METHODS Eighty patients with Proteus syndrome, satisfying published diagnostic criteria, and 51 patients with overgrowth not meeting Proteus criteria were identified from the literature. Three additional patients, one patient with Proteus syndrome and 2 patients with overgrowth, were treated at the author's institutions and are discussed in detail. All nonorthopedic and noncutaneous surgical interventions were reviewed. RESULTS Fourteen genitourinary, 9 gastrointestinal, and 5 otolaryngologic operations were performed on patients with Proteus syndrome. Six genitourinary, 5 gastrointestinal, and 2 otolaryngologic operations were performed on patients with overgrowth not meeting Proteus criteria. Eight patients with Proteus syndrome and 4 patients with overgrowth experienced thoracic manifestations, generally diffuse cystic pulmonary lesions, but only 1 of 12 underwent surgical treatment. CONCLUSIONS Patients with visceral manifestations of either Proteus syndrome or overgrowth not meeting Proteus criteria should be treated in a similar manner. Lesions involving the ovaries and testes, because of the high incidence of neoplasm, should be managed aggressively. Gastrointestinal and renal lesions may be managed conservatively with frequent follow-up to minimize abdominal explorations. All patients undergoing surgery should have a thorough preoperative assessment of their airway and pulmonary reserve because of the relatively high frequency of tonsillar hypertrophy and pulmonary cystic involvement.
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- Matthew Lublin
- Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, Genetic Diseases Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Oztürk H, Karnak I, Sakarya MT, Cetinkurşun S. Proteus syndrome: clinical and surgical aspects. ANNALES DE GENETIQUE 2000; 43:137-42. [PMID: 11164195 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3995(00)01029-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The authors report a new case of Proteus syndrome with delayed diagnosis and they discuss the place of surgery in this syndrome.
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- H Oztürk
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
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Schwartz ML, Cox GF, Lin AE, Korson MS, Perez-Atayde A, Lacro RV, Lipshultz SE. Clinical approach to genetic cardiomyopathy in children. Circulation 1996; 94:2021-38. [PMID: 8873681 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.94.8.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cardiomyopathy (CM) remains one of the leading cardiac causes of death in children, although in the majority of cases, the cause is unknown. To have an impact on morbidity and mortality, attention must shift to etiology-specific treatments. The diagnostic evaluation of children with CM of genetic origin is complicated by the large number of rare genetic causes, the broad range of clinical presentations, and the array of specialized diagnostic tests and biochemical assays. METHODS AND RESULTS We present a multidisciplinary diagnostic approach to pediatric CM of genetic etiology. We specify criteria for abnormal left ventricular systolic performance and structure that suggest CM based on established normal echocardiographic measurements and list other indications to consider an evaluation for CM. We provide a differential diagnosis of genetic conditions associated with CM, classified as inborn errors of metabolism, malformation syndromes, neuromuscular diseases, and familial isolated CM disorders. A diagnostic strategy is offered that is based on the clinical presentation: biochemical abnormalities, encephalopathy, dysmorphic features or multiple malformations, neuromuscular disease, apparently isolated CM, and pathological specimen findings. Adjunctive treatment measures are recommended for severely ill patients in whom a metabolic cause of CM is suspected. A protocol is provided for the evaluation of moribund patients. CONCLUSIONS In summary, we hope to assist pediatric cardiologists and other subspecialists in the evaluation of children with CM for a possible genetic cause using a presentation-based approach. This should increase the percentage of children with CM for whom a diagnosis can be established, with important implications for treatment, prognosis, and genetic counseling.
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- M L Schwartz
- Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass, MA 02115, USA
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Sato T, Ota M, Miyazaki S. Proteus syndrome with renal involvement. ACTA PAEDIATRICA JAPONICA : OVERSEAS EDITION 1995; 37:81-3. [PMID: 7754774 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1995.tb03693.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We report on a case of an 11 year old girl with Proteus syndrome involving both kidneys morphologically and functionally. The patient had hemihypertrophy, scoliosis, overgrowth of lower extremities, partial macrodactyly, subcutaneous lipoma, and pigmented nevi compatible with the Proteus syndrome. She also had overgrowth of the right kidney with mildly impaired function and a small left kidney with severe dysfunction. Morphological involvement of visceral organs has previously been described; however, deteriorating renal function has not previously been reported in this syndrome.
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- T Sato
- Department of Pediatrics, Saga Medical School, Japan
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