Glomeruloid hemangioma leading to a diagnosis of POEMS syndrome - 09/08/11
Louisville, Kentucky
Abstract |
POEMS is an acronym for polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein, and skin changes. It is a poorly understood paraneoplastic syndrome that stems from an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia. Of the skin changes, the glomeruloid hemangioma is considered to be a specific marker of POEMS syndrome. We describe a 68-year-old man who presented to his dermatologist with multiple hemangiomas, whose biopsy diagnosis of glomeruloid hemangioma resulted in further evaluation and an eventual diagnosis of POEMS.
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Funding sources: None. Conflicts of interest: None identified. This case was presented orally at the Winter Skin Seminar, Snow Mass, Colorado, January 2005. |
Vol 55 - N° 1
P. 149-152 - juillet 2006 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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