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Case Reports
. 1999 Jun;115(6):1740-2.
doi: 10.1378/chest.115.6.1740.

Pulmonary manifestations of POEMS syndrome: case report and literature review

B Mokhlesi  1 , M Jain
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Pulmonary manifestations of POEMS syndrome: case report and literature review

B Mokhlesi et al. Chest. 1999 Jun.

Abstract

Phrenic nerve paresis is an unusual complication of POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein spike and skin changes) syndrome. In this report, we describe a case of POEMS syndrome in which a 56-year-old woman presented with dyspnea and ventilatory failure due to bilateral phrenic nerve paralysis. To our knowledge, only one other case of phrenic neuropathy in POEMS syndrome has been reported.

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