1. POEMS syndrome: a case report.
- Author
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Bisail M, Cossu A, Massarelli G, Tanda F, Agnetti V, Traccis S, Cassisa L, Puliga MV, and Bartoli E
- Subjects
- Castleman Disease complications, Hepatomegaly etiology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Osteolysis, Splenomegaly etiology, Bone Neoplasms complications, Demyelinating Diseases etiology, Paraneoplastic Syndromes etiology, Plasmacytoma complications
- Abstract
A case of POEMS syndrome in a 43-year-old male with polyneuropathy, osteolytic lesion of the basin due to solitary IgA-lambda plasmacytoma, cutaneous scleroderma-like changes, diffuse lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly is described. Liver biopsy showed a regenerative process of the parenchyma without laboratory and histologic evidence of necrosis. A peculiar finding was the onset of a right hemiparesis in the absence of signs of vascular disease or other predisposing factors. The possible links between the peculiar elements of the POEMS syndrome are briefly analyzed and discussed.
- Published
- 1990