POEMS syndrome: follow-up study of a case

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1992;94(1):65-8. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(92)90122-j.

Abstract

We report here the case of a 20-year-old man with POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M proteins, skin changes). This rare syndrome followed a 3-year history of a syndrome that mimics a chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Treatment with cyclophosphamide induced regression of the syndrome and improved peripheral nerve conduction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Myelin Sheath / pathology
  • Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / pathology
  • Neurologic Examination
  • POEMS Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • POEMS Syndrome / pathology
  • Sural Nerve / pathology