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# Papilloedema. | # Papilloedema. | ||
# Thrombocytosis/polycythemia. | # Thrombocytosis/polycythemia. | ||
==Pathology== | ==Pathology== | ||
*The [[pathologist]] may come across an undiagnosed case in the form of a ''[[glomeruloid hemangioma]]''; however, glomeruloid [[hemangioma]]s are not always associated with the POEMS syndrome.<ref name=pmid19077091>{{cite journal |author=González-Guerra E, Haro MR, Fariña MC, Martín L, Manzarbeitia L, Requena L |title=Glomeruloid haemangioma is not always associated with POEMS syndrome |journal=Clin. Exp. Dermatol. |volume=34 |issue=7 |pages=800–3 |year=2009 |month=October |pmid=19077091 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02997.x |url=}}</ref> | *The [[pathologist]] may come across an undiagnosed case in the form of a ''[[glomeruloid hemangioma]]''; however, glomeruloid [[hemangioma]]s are not always associated with the POEMS syndrome.<ref name=pmid19077091>{{cite journal |author=González-Guerra E, Haro MR, Fariña MC, Martín L, Manzarbeitia L, Requena L |title=Glomeruloid haemangioma is not always associated with POEMS syndrome |journal=Clin. Exp. Dermatol. |volume=34 |issue=7 |pages=800–3 |year=2009 |month=October |pmid=19077091 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02997.x |url=}}</ref> | ||
*POEMS syndrome does not typically cause osteosclerotic bone deposits (so-called osteosclerotic myeloma), in contrast to the lytic lesions seen in more conventional [[plasma cell myeloma]].{{fact}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||