A rare cause of pericardial effusion and ascites: POEMS syndrome
Author(s) -
Bilal Katipoğlu,
Zeynep Katipoğlu,
İhsan Ateş,
Gökhan Yırgın,
Burak Furkan Demir,
Fatih Acehan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
hematology reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.239
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2038-8330
DOI - 10.4081/hr.2017.7384
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardial effusion , poems syndrome , ascites , presentation (obstetrics) , differential diagnosis , effusion , pleural effusion , volume overload , pathology , radiology , cardiology , surgery , heart failure , polyneuropathy
POEMS syndrome is an important paraneoplastic syndrome associated with multisystem involvement. Extravascular volume overload like pericardial effusion and ascites has a broad differential diagnosis. In addition, it may be initial presentation of disease. For that reason, this case report is highlight to warn of different forms of presentation of poems syndrome
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