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Images in medicine
Protean manifestations of Proteus syndrome
  1. Rimesh Pal1,
  2. Rajsmita Bhattacharjee2,
  3. Anil Bhansali1
  1. 1Department of Endocrinology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
  2. 2Department of Dermatology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Anil Bhansali, Department of Endocrinology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India; anilbhansaliendocrine{at}gmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-135731

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    • Contributors RP prepared the manuscript and procured the clinical and radiological images. RB diagnosed the case at the outpatient clinic. AB conceptualised the manuscript and provided overall guidance.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.