Crisci C, Barbieri F, Parente D, Pappone N, Caruso G
Fondazione Clinica del Lavoro, Medical Center of Campoli, II School of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1992;94(1):65-8. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(92)90122-j.
We report here the case of a 20-year-old man with POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M proteins, skin changes). This rare syndrome followed a 3-year history of a syndrome that mimics a chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Treatment with cyclophosphamide induced regression of the syndrome and improved peripheral nerve conduction.