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POEMS Syndrome: an Enigma.
Current hematologic malignancy reports - 1 Apr 2017
Warsame Rahma, Yanamandra Uday, Kapoor Prashant
Abstract excerpt
POEMS syndrome is a paraneoplastic disorder secondary to an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia. By definition, all patients with POEMS syndrome must display polyneuropathy and monoclonal plasma cell disorder. In addition, at least one major criterion (Castleman's disease, sclerotic bone lesions, or vascular endothelial growth factor elevation) and one minor criterion (organomegaly, extravascular volume overload,...
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