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[POEMS syndrome: report of a Brazilian case with fatal course]
1Hospital Universitário Júlio Muller, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá.
Revista Da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
The authors report a case of a 27 year old man with severe polyneuropathy, multiple endocrine and cutaneous disorders, ascites, edema and multiple osteosclerotic lesions. Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of POEMS syndrome was made. The patient condition worsened progressively and death followed. The literature search showed that this is the first Brazilian case report about such a syndrome.