[A race against time: POEMS syndrome]

Ideggyogy Sz. 2024 May 30;77(5-6):212-216. doi: 10.18071/isz.77.0212.
[Article in Hungarian]

Abstract

<p><strong>Background -</strong> POEMS syndrome is a potentially well manageable disease with an ascendant therapeutic arsenal nowadays. The early recognition of the syndrome is key to prevent serious multiorgan damage, and that is still a big challenge for physicians. With the following two case reports the authors aimed to highlight the consequences of late recognition of the disease and summarize the potential therapeutic options for POEMS syndrome.</p> <p><strong>Results - </strong>We have presented two patients&rsquo; cases with a long history of examination and treatment because of uncleared polyneuropathy. Through these cases we could see how serious could be the consequences of late diagnosis and despite multiorgan impairment there are still therapeutic options which could improve the patient&rsquo;s condition. Although the diagnosis of POEMS syndrome is not easy, it must raise our mind the thought and be prudent when we start a treatment in polyneuropathy.</p>.

<p><strong>C&eacute;lkitűz&eacute;sek - </strong>A POEMS szindr&oacute;ma egy potenci&aacute;lisan j&oacute;l menedzselhető betegs&eacute;g napjainkban, egyre bőv&uuml;lő ter&aacute;pi&aacute;s arzen&aacute;llal. A szindr&oacute;ma korai felismer&eacute;se, ami a gyakorl&oacute; orvosok sz&aacute;m&aacute;ra tov&aacute;bbra is kihív&aacute;st jelent, nagy jelentős&eacute;gű a s&uacute;lyos t&ouml;bbszervi k&aacute;rosod&aacute;s megelőz&eacute;se szempontj&aacute;b&oacute;l. Az al&aacute;bbi k&eacute;t eset bemutat&aacute;s&aacute;val a szerzők a betegs&eacute;g k&eacute;sői sz&ouml;vődm&eacute;nyeire hívj&aacute;k fel a figyelmet, illetve az el&eacute;rhető ter&aacute;pi&aacute;s lehetős&eacute;geket mutatj&aacute;k be POEMS szindr&oacute;m&aacute;ban.</p> <p><strong>Eredm&eacute;nyek -&nbsp;</strong>Az al&aacute;bbiakban k&eacute;t olyan beteg esete ker&uuml;l bemutat&aacute;sra, akikn&eacute;l hossz&uacute; kivizsg&aacute;l&aacute;s &eacute;s kezel&eacute;s t&ouml;rt&eacute;nt tiszt&aacute;zatlan polyneuropathia miatt. Az esetek j&oacute;l mutatj&aacute;k, hogy milyen s&uacute;lyos t&ouml;bbszervi elt&eacute;r&eacute;s j&ouml;n l&eacute;tre a k&eacute;sői diagn&oacute;zisig, illetve hogy az alkalmazhat&oacute; kezel&eacute;s s&uacute;lyos esetben is javíthat a beteg &aacute;llapot&aacute;n. B&aacute;r a POEMS szindr&oacute;ma diagn&oacute;zis&aacute;nak fel&aacute;llít&aacute;sa tov&aacute;bbra sem k&ouml;nnyű, esz&uuml;nkbe kell, hogy jusson &eacute;s kellően k&ouml;r&uuml;ltekintőnek kell lenn&uuml;nk, amikor polyneuropathia miatt kezel&eacute;st indítunk.&nbsp;</p>.

Keywords: POEMS syndrome; haema- topoietic stem cell transplantation; polyneuropathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Delayed Diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • POEMS Syndrome* / diagnosis
  • POEMS Syndrome* / therapy