[Poems syndrome: review of a case].
POEMS (acronym for polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein and skin changes) is a very rare syndrome probably related to plasma cell dyscrasia. A 43 year old man developed a progressive symmetric sensory motor polyneuropathy 2 years before admission. Hepatosplenomegaly and sclerodermatoid skin changes were present on physical examination. A sclerotic lesion of the right femur was disclosed by radiologic examination. Serum immunoelectrophoresis demonstrated a monoclonal protein IgG-lambda pattern and the bone marrow biopsy revealed an increased plasma cell count (15%). The patient died 7 months after admission from pneumonia. A review of the literature is included.
Galleguillos
V
V
Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile (Divisíon Occidente), Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago.
Rodríguez
M I
MI
Bronfman
L
L
Niklitscheck
E
E
Silva
M
M
Soto
J R
JR
D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016878:POEMS Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology
Síndrome de Poems: revisión a propósito de un caso.