Síndrome de Poems: Caso clínico

Poems syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrine abnormality, M-protein, plasma cell dyscrasia, and skin lesions) is a plasma cell dyscrasia whose pathogenesis is unknown. We report a 60 years old woman that presented a tetraparesis caused by a sensitive motor polyneuropathy. The subsequent w...

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Autores principales: Horta H,Pabla, Quevedo L,Iván
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2004
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IgA
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720040004000112004-12-13Síndrome de Poems: Caso clínicoHorta H,PablaQuevedo L,Iván IgA Paraproteinemias Poems syndrome Poems syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrine abnormality, M-protein, plasma cell dyscrasia, and skin lesions) is a plasma cell dyscrasia whose pathogenesis is unknown. We report a 60 years old woman that presented a tetraparesis caused by a sensitive motor polyneuropathy. The subsequent work up revealed an IgA type monoclonal gammopathy, hepatomegaly, hyperestrogenism, primary adrenal failure, hypothyroidism, hyperpigmentation and erythematous lesions in the skin and ankle edema. The patient is being treated with prednisone 0.5 mg/kg and levothyroxine 100 µg/day, with partial remission of her symptoms (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 485-8)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.132 n.4 20042004-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872004000400011es10.4067/S0034-98872004000400011
institution Scielo Chile
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language Spanish / Castilian
topic IgA
Paraproteinemias
Poems syndrome
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Paraproteinemias
Poems syndrome
Horta H,Pabla
Quevedo L,Iván
Síndrome de Poems: Caso clínico
description Poems syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrine abnormality, M-protein, plasma cell dyscrasia, and skin lesions) is a plasma cell dyscrasia whose pathogenesis is unknown. We report a 60 years old woman that presented a tetraparesis caused by a sensitive motor polyneuropathy. The subsequent work up revealed an IgA type monoclonal gammopathy, hepatomegaly, hyperestrogenism, primary adrenal failure, hypothyroidism, hyperpigmentation and erythematous lesions in the skin and ankle edema. The patient is being treated with prednisone 0.5 mg/kg and levothyroxine 100 µg/day, with partial remission of her symptoms (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 485-8)
author Horta H,Pabla
Quevedo L,Iván
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title Síndrome de Poems: Caso clínico
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title_full Síndrome de Poems: Caso clínico
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