This 6-year-old girl is the third child of a healthy 42-year-old woman and a non-consanguineous 52-year-old healthy man, whose family history was unremarkable. She was conceived naturally. She was born at term after a normal pregnancy: her fetal ultrasound scans were normal. Birth weight was 3.800 g (75th centile), length 51 cm (75th centile), and head circumference 36 cm (75th centile). At birth, macrodactyly of the I and II toe of the left foot with partial syndactyly between the 2nd and 3rd toes was recorded. Based on these clinical data, she was suspected to have Proteus syndrome. At the age of 1 month, a subcutaneous mass in her left abdominal region was observed. General physical examination at age 2 months showed that her weight was 5600 g (90th percentile), length 56 cm (50th percentile), and head circumference 38.5 cm (50th percentile). She presented macrodactyly of the I and II toes of the left foot with increased growth of the left leg and a subcutaneous mass in the left abdominal region; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen revealed that the mass was compatible with a subcutaneous lipoma, which was later confirmed by histological examination of a sample of biopsied tissue. The girl was first referred to one of our institutions at age 4 months and followed up at age 9 months, 3 years and 10/12 months, and 5 years; she is still under follow-up at our institutions. Cognitive development is normal. During her last diagnostic work-up and follow-up controls, she underwent surgery for reduction of the abdominal mass and for removal of the first toe and transposition of the second toe to replace the first toe. Skin biopsies from the affected (and unaffected contralateral) regions were obtained during these procedures (Fig. a).
The patient was a 3-year-old female born to non-consanguineous parents, a 34-year-old father and a 38-year-old mother (Figure ). She was born at 39 weeks and 4 days gestation by normal vaginal delivery following an uneventful pregnancy. Her birth weight was 2988 g (−0.3 SD), and she measured 50.5 cm (0.4 SD) in height, with an occipitofrontal circumference (OFC) of 32 cm (−0.7 SD). Deformity of the feet was noted at birth. The left second, third, and fourth toes showed cutaneous syndactyly, and the right second and third toes showed syndactyly. An increased volume of subcutaneous adipose tissue in the left chest, the perineum, and the inside of the right thigh was obvious at one week after birth. The entire left leg and the right foot were severely enlarged, and the toes of both feet showed dactylomegaly (Figure and Figure ). Brain magnetic resonance imaging at one month showed normal findings. The patient was diagnosed with bilateral dactylomegaly at 9 months and subcutaneous adipose tissue at the left knee and the distal phalanx of the first, second, and third left toes were surgically removed. At 2 years and 9 months, subcutaneous adipose tissue at the left knee, lower abdomen, perineum, and left lower leg was surgically removed. She showed normal milestones of head control at 3 months, sitting up at 5 months, and walking at 1 year. At 2 years, her weight, height, and OFC were 12.5 kg (0 SD), 85 to 89.5 cm (−1.4 SD∼0 SD, because of different sizes of the legs), and 46.5 cm (−1.1 SD), respectively. It was noted that she had sparse hair and that her skin was thin with a small volume of adipose tissue on parts of the body other than the regions of overgrowth. Intellectual development was normal as per age equivalency and development quotient at 2 years and 4 months was 111. The presented patient was diagnosed with PROS taking into account the following findings: 1) presence of somatic PIK3CA mutation (described below), 2) congenital onset, 3) overgrowth being sporadic and mosaic, 4) overgrowth in adipose and skeletal tissues, 5) isolated macrodactyly, overgrown splayed feet, and overgrown limb, and 6) truncal adipose overgrowth []. According to Martinez-Lopez et al. [], this patient is categorized as CLOVES syndrome of PROS.