POEMS Syndrome —Clinical Picture and Management. Current Knowledge

POEMS syndrome is a rare form of plasma cell dyscrasia. Difficulties arise already at the stage of making the diagnosis (complex and heterogeneous clinical picture) and continue during the course of treatment (lack of guidelines for therapy, data coming mainly from reports and short series of patients). In this article we review the current state of knowledge on POEMS syndrome diagnostics, clinical characteristics, prognosis, reported treatment outcomes and the emergence of the new therapeutic strategies.
Source: Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research