Abstract

VALDES ALVAREZ, Karen; SENRA ARMAS, Luis  and  AGUILAR LINARES, Gengly. Poems syndrome. Rev cubana med [online]. 2013, vol.52, n.1, pp. 78-84. ISSN 0034-7523.

POEMS syndrome is a paraneoplastic disorder associated with plasma cell dyscrasia which joins among itsmajor diagnostic criteria, the presence of polyneuropathy and monoclonal gammopathy, such as bone and / or skin sclerosis. a case that meets the key features of the syndrome is reported.

Keywords : POEMS syndrome; polyneuropathy; cutaneous sclerosis; bone sclerosis.

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