Woman with giant legs has Proteus Syndrome
Sunday, November 09, 2008
The woman with giant legs, Mandy Sellars, has Proteus Syndrome. If you look at the picture below, she has an enormous legs and feet. She could pass for a lady Hulk. I have never seen a condition like this before.
The woman with Proteus Syndrome has already met orthopedic surgeon Dr William Ertl and prosthetic maker Kevin Carroll to figure out what has to be done with her giant legs. Mandy Sellars' legs are 4 times bigger than the normal size that make her life difficult for 33 years.
From humangeneticsdisorders.com:
From humangeneticsdisorders.com:
Proteus Syndrome is condition, which involves atypical growth of the bones, skin, head, and a variety of other symptoms. Michael Cohen, Jr., DMD, Ph.D. first identified this condition, in 1979. In 1983 a German pediatrician, Rudolf Wiedemann, named it Proteus Syndrome, for the Greek God Proteus “the polymorphous” presumably because of the variable manifestations in the four unrelated boys first identified with the syndrome.
Notations of this syndrome have been cited in medical literature as early as 1907. Identification of this disorder has been difficult due to the variability and the occurrence of the syndrome. Joseph Merrick (known as the Elephant Man), was suggested to have suffered from Proteus Syndrome, rather than neurofibromatosis, as was originally suggested.
Individuals with this syndrome may have signs of: overgrowth, asymmetry, and gigantism of the limbs, Increased size of an organ, or the body, or bones, raised rough skin, deep lines and overgrowth of soft tissue on the soles of the feet, patches of overgrown blood or lymph notes, local overgrowth of fat or undergrowth of fat, various benign tumors, blood clots, and blood clots in the lungs.
Labels: Health, Psychology Research
1 Comments:
Mandy Sellars has the same disease as the elephant man, more pics at http://www.specialreport.com/mandy-sellars-the-woman-with-giant-legs/
11 November, 2008
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