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Do you know this syndrome? [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2013
POEMS syndrome is a unique clinical entity, the diagnosis of which is made when polyneuropathy and monoclonal gammopathy occur together, associated with other changes such as organomegaly, endocrinopathy, skin changes and papilledema.
Guida Santos, Sara Lestre, Alexandre João   +2 more
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Epstein–Barr Virus-Positive Cutaneous and Systemic Plasmacytosis with TAFRO Syndrome-like Symptoms Successfully Treated with Rituximab

Medicina, 2023
Histopathologic findings in the lymph nodes of patients with thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin fibrosis, renal dysfunction, and organomegaly (TAFRO) syndrome are similar to those of idiopathic multicentric Castleman’s disease (iMCD), but TAFRO
Seiji Kakiuchi, Hiroaki Akiyama, Isamu Harima, Ikumi Takagi, Junpei Rikitake, Yoko Kozuki, Mayumi Inaba, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Nozomu Kurose, Sohsuke Yamada, Yasufumi Masaki   +10 more
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Neurological Peculiarities of POEMS Syndrome: Experience From a Brazilian University Center

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome associated with significant neurologic morbidity. Better understanding of the manifestations of this disease is crucial to early diagnosis and improvement of prognosis.
Renan Fabri Rosenstein, Jose Pedro Soares Baima, Thales Dalessandro Meneguin Pereira, Gracia Aparecida Martinez, Carlos Otto Heise, Angelina Maria Martins Lino   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, skin lesions) syndrome: a South America's report [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2007
The POEMS syndrome, also known as Crow-Fukase syndrome, is an unusual systemic disorder described mainly in Asian individuals. It is characterized by the presence of (P)polyneuropathy, (O)organomegaly, (E)endocrinopathy, (M) M-protein, and (S) skin changes.
Leite, Ana Claudia Celestino, Nascimento, Osvaldo J.M., Lima, Marco Antonio, Andrada-Serpa, Maria José   +3 more
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Prevalence and Diagnostic Challenge of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Syndrome in Critically Ill Patients

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare hyperinflammatory syndrome. It is a severe condition with a challenging diagnosis in the intensive care unit (ICU), for which current recommendations rely on fulfilling five of eight HLH‐2004 criteria.
Claire Queffeulou, Mathieu Bellal, Suzanne Goursaud, Sylvain Chantepie, Damien du Cheyron   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Castleman disease variant of POEMS syndrome without M protein: a case report

Frontiers in Oncology
POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein, skin changes) syndrome is a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with an underlying plasma cell neoplasm. According to the current diagnostic criteria for POEMS syndrome, the presence
Min Ji, Shumin Jin, Shaolei Zang, Peng Li, Fei Lu, Chuanli Zhao, Chunqing Zhang, Chunyan Ji, Jingjing Ye   +8 more
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TAFRO Syndrome With Kidney Involvement: A Case Series of Patients With Kidney Biopsies

Kidney Medicine, 2021
TAFRO (thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin myelofibrosis/renal insufficiency, and organomegaly) syndrome is a systemic inflammatory disease sharing some features with Castleman disease and POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy ...
Keiki Shimada, Takaya Sasaki, Masahiro Okabe, Kentaro Koike, Daisuke Takahashi, Risa Terashima, Yu Honda, Naoto Matsumoto, Akira Fukui, Masahiro Ishikawa, Nobuo Tsuboi, Takashi Yokoo   +11 more
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Killed but metabolically active Leishmania infantum as a novel whole-cell vaccine for visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]

, 2012
There are currently no effective vaccines for visceral leishmaniasis, the second most deadly parasitic infection in the world. Here, we describe a novel whole-cell vaccine approach using Leishmania infantum chagasi promastigotes treated with the psoralen
Beverley, Stephen M, Birnbaum, Ron, Bruhn, Kevin W, Chang, Pei-Lin, Craft, Noah, Greger, Stephanie, Haskell, Jacquelyn, Hickerson, Suzanne M, Narayan, Rupa, Tran, Thu Anh, Vanchinathan, Veena, Wilson, Mary E   +11 more
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Diagnosing Systemic Mastocytosis: State of the Art

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the advent of effective multikinase and selective tyrosine kinase inhibitors in systemic mastocytosis, diagnosing this rare disease has been critical to improving patient morbidity and mortality. This state‐of‐the‐art review interprets the international diagnostic criteria, including differences between the WHO 5th edition classification ...
Anton Rets, Tracy I. George
wiley   +1 more source

An Atypical Case of POEMS Syndrome with an Osteolytic Bone Lesion [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
POEMS syndrome is a rare multisystem disorder with an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia associated with Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal gammopathy and Skin changes. Usually it is associated with sclerotic bone lesions. It usually
Kumar Rahul, Nayha Handa, SH Chandrashekhara, Thingujam Usha, Anuradha Singh   +4 more
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