ReviewEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2019
Neurological impairment in a patient with concurrent cervical disc herniation and POEMS syndrome.
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- Hidden blood loss and risk factors in percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy.Joint diseases and related surgery · 2025Article
- [Percutaneous endoscopic Key-Hole technology for treatment of paracentral cervical disc herniation].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposePOEMS syndrome is a rare clonal plasma cell disease characterized by polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, and skin changes. We report a rare case of neurological impairment in patients with concurrent cervical disc herniation and POEMS syndrome.
methodsA patient presented to a local hospital with C3/4 and C4/5 disc herniation, apparent spinal cord compression concomitant with neurological signs, and concurrent POEMS syndrome. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion was performed.
resultsThe limb numbness was only slightly alleviated, and 10 days postoperatively the patient complained of muscle weakness of the extremities and was referred to our hospital. The patients exhibited non-typical neurological signs and an enlarged liver and spleen that could not be explained. Electroneuromyography and immunofixation electrophoresis produced abnormal results. We diagnosed concurrent POEMS syndrome, for which drug therapy was prescribed. The patient's symptoms receded.
conclusionPatients presenting with cervical spondylopathy and non-typical neurological signs and symptoms or other systemic problems should be evaluated for the presence of concurrent disease and ruled out differential diagnoses.
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