Alarcon Pierre Rodriguez, Mehlich Dawid, Shiraz Fidai, Sanchez Matias
Department of Hematology and Oncology, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Department of Molecular Onco Signalling, International Institute of Molecular Mechanisms and Machines, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Case Rep Hematol. 2025 Sep 3;2025:4556395. doi: 10.1155/crh/4556395. eCollection 2025.
Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin change (POEMS) syndrome is a multisystem disorder, and it is often misdiagnosed with other entities including chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Here, we present a case of a patient with presumed metastatic prostate cancer due to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) avid lesions and a history of neuropathy not responding to conventional treatment for CIDP. His physical exam findings, in addition to an appropriate workup, led to a diagnosis of POEMS syndrome. This case highlights the importance of a high index of clinical suspicion, even when imaging suggests otherwise.
多神经病、器官肿大、内分泌病、单克隆丙种球蛋白病和皮肤改变(POEMS)综合征是一种多系统疾病,常被误诊为包括慢性炎症性脱髓鞘性多发性神经病(CIDP)在内的其他疾病。在此,我们报告一例患者,因前列腺特异性膜抗原(PSMA)摄取性病变被推测为转移性前列腺癌,且有对CIDP常规治疗无反应的神经病变病史。除了适当的检查外,他的体格检查结果最终诊断为POEMS综合征。该病例强调了即使影像学检查结果不支持,仍需保持高度临床怀疑的重要性。