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ArticleJournal of postgraduate medicine2026

POEMS syndrome with atypical presentation: A rare case.

S Singhal, M M Bharath, R Verma, V K Paliwal

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Article in Journal of postgraduate medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

S SinghalDepartment of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
M M BharathDepartment of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
R VermaDepartment of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
V K PaliwalDepartment of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractPOEMS is an uncommon paraneoplastic plasma cell disorder known with the expansion of polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrine abnormalities, M-band, and skin changes. We report a patient presenting with monoarthritis and weight loss for 5 months, who was treated empirically for tuberculous arthritis and later developed debilitating axonal polyneuropathy due to delayed diagnosis. POEMS/Plasma cell dyscrasias rarely involve joints, and this case highlights this unique presentation of POEMS syndrome. Bone biopsy from the affected joint revealed the diagnosis. Chronic large-joint monoarthritis with systemic symptoms, mimicking tuberculous arthritis, and polyneuropathy is a unique combination-so clinicians should consider an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia/POEMS to avoid delayed diagnosis.

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POEMS SyndromeArthritisBiopsyDelayed DiagnosisDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleMiddle AgedTuberculosis, OsteoarticularMultiple myelomaparaproteinemiaPOEMS syndrometuberculous arthritis

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PMID42616910
PMCPMC13557521

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