Diseases

POEMS Syndrome

A multisystemic disorder characterized by a sensorimotor polyneuropathy (POLYNEUROPATHIES), organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and pigmentary skin changes. Other clinical features which may be present include EDEMA; CACHEXIA; microangiopathic glomerulopathy; pulmonary hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY); cutaneous necrosis; THROMBOCYTOSIS; and POLYCYTHEMIA. This disorder is frequently associated with osteosclerotic myeloma. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1335; Rev Med Interne 1997;18(7):553-62)

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A multisystemic disorder characterized by a sensorimotor polyneuropathy (POLYNEUROPATHIES), organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and pigmentary skin changes. Other clinical features which may be present include EDEMA; CACHEXIA; microangiopathic glomerulopathy; pulmonary hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY); cutaneous necrosis; THROMBOCYTOSIS; and POLYCYTHEMIA. This disorder is frequently associated with osteosclerotic myeloma. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1335; Rev Med Interne 1997;18(7):553-62)

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  • Crow-Fukase Syndrome
  • Polyneuropathy Organomegaly
  • Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, M Protein, and Skin Changes Syndrome
  • Takatsuki's Syndrome
  • Crow Fukase Syndrome
  • Organomegalies, Polyneuropathy
  • Organomegaly, Polyneuropathy
  • Polyneuropathy Organomegalies
  • Syndrome, Crow-Fukase
  • Syndrome, POEMS
  • Syndrome, Takatsuki's
  • Takatsuki Syndrome

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. National Library of Medicine. POEMS Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016878. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016878
  2. POEMS Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POEMS_syndrome
  3. POEMS Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2553422