Síndrome de Poems: caso clínico / Poems syndrome: report of one case
Rev. méd. Chile
;
132(4): 485-488, abr. 2004.
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Poems syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrine abnormality, M-protein, plasma cell dyscrasia, and skin lesions) is a plasma cell dyscrasia whose pathogenesis is unknown. We report a 60 years old woman that presented a tetraparesis caused by a sensitive motor polyneuropathy. The subsequent work up revealed an IgA type monoclonal gammopathy, hepatomegaly, hyperestrogenism, primary adrenal failure, hypothyroidism, hyperpigmentation and erythematous lesions in the skin and ankle edema. The patient is being treated with prednisone 0.5 mg/kg and levothyroxine 100 Ág/day, with partial remission of her symptoms.
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Main subject:
POEMS Syndrome
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Concepción/CL
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