Case report: POEMS syndrome masquerades as diabetic foot
Guang-Xin Zhou, Li Xiao, Yong-Min Bi, Fen Yang, Cai-Zhe Yang, Da Zhang · 2024
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Description
Zhou and co-authors present a 2024 case of a rare syndrome first read as diabetic foot disease. The patient was a woman in her fifties with fair blood sugar control. She had severe nerve damage, weak and wasted leg muscles, skin darkening, and blood vessel disease.
Steroid treatment improved her strength, yet nerve disease alone could not explain all her signs. A swollen liver and spleen, hidden bone lesions, fluid build-up, and a past stroke pointed elsewhere. Tests fit POEMS syndrome, a disorder of monoclonal plasma cells with high growth factor levels. The case warns that a common label can hide a rare, treatable cause.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Guang-Xin Zhou, Li Xiao, Yong-Min Bi, Fen Yang, Cai-Zhe Yang, Da Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |