Journal article
A case of POEMS syndrome whose diagnostic clues were nerve conduction studies and serum immunofixation electrophoresis
Japanese Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, Vol.51(6), pp.651-657
12/01/2023
DOI: 10.11422/jscn.51.651
Abstract
A 59-year-old man presented with progressive lower-limb weakness and abnormal lower limb sensation over 4 months. Nerve conduction studies showed ulnar nerve demyelination in the forearm of the and severe neuropathy in the lower extremities. Serum protein electrophoresis was unremarkable, but serum immunofixation electrophoresis revealed IgA-lambda gammopathy, leading to the diagnosis of POEMS syndrome. Characteristic neurophysiological findings should prompt immunofixation electrophoresis to diagnose POEMS syndrome.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A case of POEMS syndrome whose diagnostic clues were nerve conduction studies and serum immunofixation electrophoresis
- Creators
- Ryo Tokimura - Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of TokyoRyo Hara - Teikyo University Chiba Medical CenterAkatsuki Kubota - Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of TokyoHiroyuki Ishiura - Okayama UniversitySatoshi Kodama - Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of TokyoYuichiro Shirota - Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The University of TokyoMasashi Hamada - Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of TokyoTatsushi Toda - Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Japanese Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, Vol.51(6), pp.651-657
- DOI
- 10.11422/jscn.51.651
- ISSN
- 1345-7101
- eISSN
- 2188-031X
- Publisher
- Japanese Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9985177938602771
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