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  • Title: POEMS syndrome.
    Author: Goldstein M, Bandyopadhyay T.
    Journal: Conn Med; 2004 Aug; 68(7):431-3. PubMed ID: 15384241.
    Abstract:
    A middle-aged man presented with progressive dyspnea and a pleural effusion. He had slowly progressive bilateral symmetric extremity weakness, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and splenomegaly. The diagnosis of POEMS syndrome (Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, M-Protein and Skin changes was suspected clinically and confirmed with a bone marrow biopsy. He responded symptomatically to corticosteroids and is awaiting a stem cell transplant.
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