title: [POEMS syndrome: report of a Brazilian case with fatal course].
abstract: The authors report a case of a 27 year old man with severe polyneuropathy, multiple endocrine and cutaneous disorders, ascites, edema and multiple osteosclerotic lesions. Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of POEMS syndrome was made. The patient condition worsened progressively and death followed. The literature search showed that this is the first Brazilian case report about such a syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Júlio Muller, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Souto
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Grzesiuk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016878:POEMS Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Síndrome POEMS: relato de um caso brasileiro com evolução fatal.