POEMS syndrome
POEMS syndrome is a constellation of findings, best thought of as a paraneoplastic syndrome due to clonal plasma cells:[1]
- Polyneuropathy.
- Organomegaly.
- Endocrinopathy.
- M-protein.
- Skin changes.
Diagnostic criteria requires both mandatory criteria and at least one each from major and minor criteria:[2] Mandatory: 1. Polyneuropathy (typically demyelinating) 2. Monoclonal plasma cell proliferation (usually lambda) Major: 3. Castleman disease 4. Sclerotic bone lesions 5. Vascular endothelial growth factor elevation Minor: 6. Organomegaly (splenomegaly, hepatomegaly or lymphadenopathy) 7. Extravascular volume overload 8. Endocrinopathy 9. Sking changes 10. Papilloedema 11. Thrombocytosis/polycythemia
POEMS syndrome is unusual in causing osteosclerotic bone deposits, so-called osteosclerotic myeloma, in contrast to the lytic lesions seen in more conventional plasma cell myeloma.
Pathology
- The pathologist may come across an undiagnosed case in the form of a glomeruloid hemangioma; however, glomeruloid hemangiomas are not always associated with the POEMS syndrome.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Yuri T, Yamazaki F, Takasu K, Shikata N, Tsubura A (June 2008). "Glomeruloid hemangioma". Pathol. Int. 58 (6): 390–5. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02241.x. PMID 18477219.
- ↑ "POEMS Syndrome: 2019 Update on diagnosis, risk-stratification, and management". Am. J. Hematol. 94 (7): 812–827. July 2019. doi:10.1002/ajh.25495. PMID 31012139.
- ↑ González-Guerra E, Haro MR, Fariña MC, Martín L, Manzarbeitia L, Requena L (October 2009). "Glomeruloid haemangioma is not always associated with POEMS syndrome". Clin. Exp. Dermatol. 34 (7): 800–3. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02997.x. PMID 19077091.