Proteus syndrome: A rare cause of hemihypertrophy and macrodactyly on bone scanning

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 604-605

  Joshi, U ^a   Van Der Sluijs, J A ^a   Teule, G J J ^a   Pijpers, R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Proteus syndrome; Technetium 99m

Indexed keywords

ETIDRONIC ACID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG UPTAKE; EPIPHYSIODESIS; FACE MALFORMATION; FINGER MALFORMATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMIHYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MACRODACTYLY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

CHILD; DIPHOSPHONATES; FOOT DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; GIGANTISM; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; MALE; PROTEUS SYNDROME; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 24044462408     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000174199.22414.31     Document Type: Article

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