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| colspan="2" rowspan="7" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''''P = Polyneuropathy''''' | | colspan="2" rowspan="7" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''''P = Polyneuropathy''''' | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''POEMS syndrome''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''POEMS syndrome (Demyelinating)''' | ||
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* Monoclonal plasma cell proliferation | * Monoclonal plasma cell proliferation | ||
* Cytokine storm (IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, TNF alpha, VEGF) | * Cytokine storm (IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, TNF alpha, VEGF) | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Metabolic Syndrome''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Metabolic Syndrome (Axonal pathology)''' | ||
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* Diabetes mellitus | * Diabetes mellitus | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Vitamin Deficiencies''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Vitamin Deficiencies (Axonal Pathology)''' | ||
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* Vitamin B12 deficiency | * Vitamin B12 deficiency | ||
* Vitamin B1 deficiency | * Vitamin B1 deficiency | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Guillain-Barre Syndrome''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Guillain-Barre Syndrome (Demyelinating)''' | ||
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* Viral infections: | * Viral infections: | ||
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** Campylobacter infection | ** Campylobacter infection | ||
** Mycoplasma pneumoniae | ** Mycoplasma pneumoniae | ||
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* Rapid onset and quick progression | |||
* Progression stops after 2-3 weeks | |||
* Bilateral ascending paraesthesias and paralysis (generalized) | |||
* Weakness | |||
* Ataxia | |||
* Areflexia | |||
* No fever | |||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) (Demyelinatiing)''' | ||
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* Slow onset and gradual progression | |||
* Relapsing and remitting course | |||
* Symmetrical proximal and distal motor and sensory weakness (legs>arms) | |||
* Foot drop | |||
* Numbness, tingling and pain | |||
* Areflexia | |||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Multifocal Motor Neuropathy''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Multifocal Motor Neuropathy''' | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Environmental Toxicity''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Environmental Toxicity''' | ||
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* Monoclonal plasma cell proliferation | * Monoclonal plasma cell proliferation | ||
* Cytokine storm (IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, TNF alpha, VEGF) | * Cytokine storm (IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, TNF alpha, VEGF) | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Malaria''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Malaria''' | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Kala-azar''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Kala-azar''' | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Infective Hepatitis''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Infective Hepatitis''' | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)''' | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Lymphoma''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Lymphoma''' | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Amyloidosis''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Amyloidosis''' | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Gaucher's Disease''' | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''Gaucher's Disease''' | ||
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| rowspan="6" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''''E = Endocrinopathy (Hypogonadism, Hypothyroidism, Hypopituitarism)''''' | | rowspan="6" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |'''''E = Endocrinopathy (Hypogonadism, Hypothyroidism, Hypopituitarism)''''' | ||
| rowspan="2" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |Hypogonadism | | rowspan="2" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |Hypogonadism | ||
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* Autoimmune (Hashimoto's) thyroiditis | * Autoimmune (Hashimoto's) thyroiditis | ||
* Resistance to [[TSH]] | * Resistance to [[TSH]] | ||
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* Idiopathic isolated TSH deficiency | * Idiopathic isolated TSH deficiency | ||
* Lymphocytic or granulomatous hypophysitis | * Lymphocytic or granulomatous hypophysitis | ||
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* Internal carotid aneurysms | * Internal carotid aneurysms | ||
* Idiopathic isolated TRH deficiency | * Idiopathic isolated TRH deficiency | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |Hypopituitarism | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;" |Hypopituitarism | ||
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* Monoclonal plasma cell proliferation | * Monoclonal plasma cell proliferation | ||
* Cytokine storm (IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, TNF alpha, VEGF) | * Cytokine storm (IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, TNF alpha, VEGF) | ||
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*[[Hypercalcemia]] | *[[Hypercalcemia]] | ||
*[[Anemia]] | *[[Anemia]] | ||
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*Induction [[chemotherapy]] with [[bortezomib]], [[lenalidomide]], and [[dexamethasone]] | *Induction [[chemotherapy]] with [[bortezomib]], [[lenalidomide]], and [[dexamethasone]] | ||
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* No evidence of [[bone]] or [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]] damage | * No evidence of [[bone]] or [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]] damage | ||
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* Greater than 10% [[plasma cells]] in the [[bone marrow]] | * Greater than 10% [[plasma cells]] in the [[bone marrow]] | ||
* No evidence of [[bone]] or [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]] damage | * No evidence of [[bone]] or [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]] damage | ||
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*[[Cytopenias]] | *[[Cytopenias]] | ||
*No [[bone]] lesions | *No [[bone]] lesions | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Chemotherapy]] | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Chemotherapy]] | ||
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* Extramedullary [[plasmacytoma]] ([[Soft tissue|soft tissues]]) | * Extramedullary [[plasmacytoma]] ([[Soft tissue|soft tissues]]) | ||
* Clinical manifestations related to [[tumor]] mass and compression [[symptoms]] | * Clinical manifestations related to [[tumor]] mass and compression [[symptoms]] | ||
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*Severe decrease in [[bone mineral density|BMD]] on [[Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry|dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry]] ([[DEXA scan|DEXA]]) test | *Severe decrease in [[bone mineral density|BMD]] on [[Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry|dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry]] ([[DEXA scan|DEXA]]) test | ||
*T score less than -2.5 on [[DEXA scan|DEXA]] scan | *T score less than -2.5 on [[DEXA scan|DEXA]] scan | ||
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*[[Calcium]] and [[vitamin D]] supplementation | *[[Calcium]] and [[vitamin D]] supplementation | ||
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*Low [[bone mineral density|bone mineral density (BMD)]] | *Low [[bone mineral density|bone mineral density (BMD)]] | ||
*[[Hypocalcemia]] | *[[Hypocalcemia]] | ||
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*[[Vitamin D3]] supplementation | *[[Vitamin D3]] supplementation | ||
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*[[Short stature]], [[scoliosis]], and propensity for [[Bone fracture|fractures]] | *[[Short stature]], [[scoliosis]], and propensity for [[Bone fracture|fractures]] | ||
*Blue discoloration of [[sclera]] | *Blue discoloration of [[sclera]] | ||
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*[[Bisphosphonates]] | *[[Bisphosphonates]] | ||
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*Impaired [[immune]] response | *Impaired [[immune]] response | ||
*Impaired [[wound]] healing | *Impaired [[wound]] healing | ||
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*[[Vitamin C]] supplementation | *[[Vitamin C]] supplementation | ||
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*Diffuse [[bone]] [[pain]] and [[musculoskeletal]] symptoms | *Diffuse [[bone]] [[pain]] and [[musculoskeletal]] symptoms | ||
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*High-dose [[vitamin B6]] supplementation | *High-dose [[vitamin B6]] supplementation |
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Overview
POEMS syndrome must be differentiated from other similar conditions which lead to multiple endocrine disorders such as autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome, Hirata syndrome, Kearns–Sayre syndrome and Wolfram syndromes.
Differentiating POEMS Syndrome From Other Diseases
The table below summarizes how to differentiate POEMS syndrome from other conditions that have a similar presentation:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Organ System Involvement | Differential Diagnosis | Causes | Clinical Features | Laboratory Findings | Gold Standard Test | Therapy | |
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P = Polyneuropathy | POEMS syndrome (Demyelinating) |
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Metabolic Syndrome (Axonal pathology) |
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Vitamin Deficiencies (Axonal Pathology) |
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome (Demyelinating) |
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) (Demyelinatiing) |
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O = Organomegaly (Hepatosplenomegaly and Lymphadenopathy) | POEMS syndrome |
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Malaria | |||||||
Kala-azar | |||||||
Infective Hepatitis | |||||||
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) | |||||||
Lymphoma | |||||||
Amyloidosis | |||||||
Gaucher's Disease | |||||||
Organ System Involvement | Differential Diagnosis | Causes | Features | Therapy | |||
E = Endocrinopathy (Hypogonadism, Hypothyroidism, Hypopituitarism) | Hypogonadism | ||||||
Hypothyroidism | Primary Hypothyroidism |
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M = M-protein ( Hematological Abnormality/Plasma Cell Dyscrasias) | POEMS Syndrome |
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Multiple myeloma |
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Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) |
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Asymptomatic Plasma Cell Myeloma
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Plasma Cell Leukemia |
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Plasmacytoma |
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Bone Lesions | Osteoporosis |
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Osteomalacia |
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Osteogenesis imperfecta |
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Skin Changes | Scurvy |
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Other Differentials
POEMS syndrome must also be differentiated from other similar conditions which lead to multiple endocrine disorders such as autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome, Hirata syndrome, Kearns–Sayre syndrome and Wolfram syndromes.[8][9][10][11][12]
Disease | Addison's disease | Type 1 diabetes mellitus | Hypothyroidism | Other disorders present |
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POEMS syndrome | + | Less common | Less common | Hypoparathyroidism Candidiasis Hypogonadism |
APS type 2 | + | + | + | Hypogonadism Malabsorption |
APS type 3 | - | + | + | Malabsorption |
Thymoma | + | - | + | Myasthenia gravis Cushing syndrome |
Chromosomal abnormalities (Turner syndrome, Down's syndrome) |
- | + | + | Cardiac dysfunction |
Kearns–Sayre syndrome | - | + | - | Myopathy Hypoparathyroidism Hypogonadism |
Wolfram syndrome | - | + | - | Diabetes insipidus Optic atrophy Deafness |
POEMS syndrome | - | + | - | Polyneuropathy Hypogonadism Plasma cell dyscrasias |
References
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- ↑ Soh KT, Tario JD, Wallace PK (December 2017). "Diagnosis of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias and Monitoring of Minimal Residual Disease by Multiparametric Flow Cytometry". Clin. Lab. Med. 37 (4): 821–853. doi:10.1016/j.cll.2017.08.001. PMC 5804349. PMID 29128071.
- ↑ Kyle RA, Rajkumar SV (January 2009). "Criteria for diagnosis, staging, risk stratification and response assessment of multiple myeloma". Leukemia. 23 (1): 3–9. doi:10.1038/leu.2008.291. PMC 2627786. PMID 18971951.
- ↑ Rajkumar SV, Landgren O, Mateos MV (May 2015). "Smoldering multiple myeloma". Blood. 125 (20): 3069–75. doi:10.1182/blood-2014-09-568899. PMC 4432003. PMID 25838344.
- ↑ Sherer Y, Bardayan Y, Shoenfeld Y (1997). "Thymoma, thymic hyperplasia, thymectomy and autoimmune diseases (Review)". Int. J. Oncol. 10 (5): 939–43. PMID 21533467.
- ↑ Nozza, Andrea (2017). "POEMS SYNDROME: AN UPDATE". Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases. 9 (1): e2017051. doi:10.4084/mjhid.2017.051. ISSN 2035-3006.
- ↑ Maceluch JA, Niedziela M (2006). "The clinical diagnosis and molecular genetics of kearns-sayre syndrome: a complex mitochondrial encephalomyopathy". Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 4 (2): 117–37. PMID 17342029.
- ↑ Rigoli L, Di Bella C (2012). "Wolfram syndrome 1 and Wolfram syndrome 2". Curr. Opin. Pediatr. 24 (4): 512–7. doi:10.1097/MOP.0b013e328354ccdf. PMID 22790102.
- ↑ Husebye, Eystein S.; Anderson, Mark S. (2010). "Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes: Clues to Type 1 Diabetes Pathogenesis". Immunity. 32 (4): 479–487. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2010.03.016. ISSN 1074-7613.