Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy as a Presentation of Plasmacytoma.

Abstract

Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein elevation, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is one of the rare paraneoplastic disorders of the multiorgan association whose initialism describes the principal clinical features as polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein elevation, and skin changes caused by an underlying plasma cell disorder, one of the major diagnostic criteria for which is the presence of an osseous lesion. We present a case of POEMS syndrome with nearly all signs and symptoms on clinical and hematological examinations, which was further investigated with MRI of the whole spine and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan, as the latter is a very useful imaging modality for evaluation of any paraneoplastic syndromes, including myeloproliferative disorders such as plasmacytoma or multiple myeloma, and lymphoproliferative or other malignancies.