A study was performed by Gandhi et al. to determine the prevalence and characteristics of endocrinopathies in POEMS syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by polyneuropathy, organomegaly ...
POEMS (peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, skin changes) syndrome is a rare multisystem paraneoplastic disorder. A 40-year-old male with a history of peripheral neuropathy ...
BACKGROUND: The POEMS (Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal immunoglobulin, Skin changes) syndrome is a rare disease that entails a specific risk for pulmonary arterial ...
An autopsy revealed generalised organomegaly and lymphadenopathy secondary to multicentric angiofollicular hyperplasia and confirmed other findings consistent with POEMS syndrome (Crow-Fukase syndrome ...
Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic disorder associated with an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia and multiorgan failure.
VEGF is diagnostically markedly elevated in patients with POEMS syndrome and is also a disease biomarker. However, VEGF can be elevated in other illnesses, which might be misleading. We asssayed serum ...
The authors extensively evaluated the central nervous system MRI in 11 patients (seven men, four women; mean age at diagnosis 54.45 years) with POEMS syndrome. In two patients, meningeal ...
Objective POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein and skin changes) syndrome is a rare multisystem disease characterised by plasma cell dyscrasia and overproduction of vascular ...