TY - JOUR
T1 - POEMS syndrome
AU - Miglino, Benedetta
AU - Viana, Michele
AU - Tiberio, Rossana
AU - Boggio, Paolo
AU - Valente, Guido
AU - Strigaro, Gionata
AU - Colombo, Enrico
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - The authors report a case of sensorimotor polyneuropathy, diffuse hemangiomas and monoclonal gammopathy. Besides weight loss, there were diabetes mellitus and severe hypothyroidism. These alterations were consistent with POEMS (Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal gammopathy and Skin changes) syndrome, which is a rare systemic disease with monoclonal proliferation of plasmacytes and slow progression. Because of its rarity, the incidence of this disease is still unknown.
AB - The authors report a case of sensorimotor polyneuropathy, diffuse hemangiomas and monoclonal gammopathy. Besides weight loss, there were diabetes mellitus and severe hypothyroidism. These alterations were consistent with POEMS (Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal gammopathy and Skin changes) syndrome, which is a rare systemic disease with monoclonal proliferation of plasmacytes and slow progression. Because of its rarity, the incidence of this disease is still unknown.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029390347&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.23736/S0392-0488.16.05343-8
DO - 10.23736/S0392-0488.16.05343-8
M3 - Letter
SN - 0392-0488
VL - 152
SP - 531
EP - 533
JO - Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia
JF - Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia
IS - 5
ER -