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POEMS SYNDROME ET COVID 19: LES RETOMBEES DUNE PANDEMIE !
ISSN: 2320 - 5407Publisher: author   
POEMS SYNDROME ET COVID 19: LES RETOMBEES DUNE PANDEMIE !
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Publisher: International Journal Of Advanced Research (ijar) Dr Morse
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Abstract
POEMS syndrome defines a rare multisystem syndrome due to the paraneoplastic manifestation of plasma cell dyscrasia. The diagnosis is based on the clinic and the laboratory: this acronym includes part of all the current criteria on this disease: Polyradiculoneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal plasma cell disease (PCD) and Skin changes. Peripheral neuropathy is often the revealing symptom of the disease. Bone involvement is present in 54 to 97% and is typically osteosclerotic. POEMS syndrome with plasmacytoma lytic bone lesion remain exceptional. In the case of patients with less than three solitary bone plasmacytomas, radiotherapy is recommended as a therapeutic approach with variable efficacy. Relapses remain frequent requiring systemic treatment. The management of the pandemic had indirect effects on serious diseases in fact, fear of the crisis caused by the epidemic is pushing a large number of patients to delay th...