POEMS Syndrome: Two Case Reports

Year 2015, Volume: 40 Issue: 2, 373 - 378, 28.09.2015

Turgay Demir , Duygu Kurt Ayşe Koç Ahmet Evlice

https://doi.org/10.17826/cutf.69971

Abstract

Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is an uncommon condition related to a paraneoplastic syndrome secondary to an underlying plasma cell disorder. Patients always present with polyneuropathy. Herein we discussed two cases who were presented with polyneuropathy. POEMS syndrome should be considered among the differential diagnoses of all patients with polyneuropathy.

Keywords

POEMS, polyneuropathy, paraneoplastic syndrome

POEMS Sendromu: İki Olgu Sunumu

Abstract

Polinöropati, organomegali, endokrinopati, M proteini ve deri değişiklikleri ile karakterize olan POEMS sendromu nadir görülen bir paraneoplastik sendromdur. Genellikle klinik tablo polinöropati ile başlar. Burada polinöropati kliniği ile başvuran ve POEMS tanısı alan iki olgu tartışılmıştır. Polinöropatisi tanısı alan tüm olgularda ayırıcı tanıda POEMS sendromu da dikkate alınmalıdır.

Keywords

POEMS, polinöropati, paraneoplastik sendrom

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