[POEMS syndrome and papilledema]

Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 1992:243:1-10.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The Crow-Fukase syndrome or POEMS syndrome (Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Edema, Monoclonal protein, Skin changes) is an uncommon plasma cell dyscrasia leading to a multisystemic disorder. An optic disc swelling is often related to this syndrome. We report the case of a 51-year-old man with a papilledema. We presume that vasculitis or plasma cell infiltration is the cause of the papilledema.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A / isolation & purification
  • Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / isolation & purification
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Optic Disk Drusen
  • POEMS Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • POEMS Syndrome / drug therapy
  • POEMS Syndrome / immunology
  • Papilledema / diagnosis*
  • Papilledema / etiology
  • Recombinant Proteins

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha
  • Recombinant Proteins