Prague Med. Rep. 2022, 123, 27-34

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2022.3

POEMS Syndrome Diagnosis in a Patient with Mixed Polyneuropathy: Case Report

María Isabel Ocampo-Navia1, María Andrea Negret Noreña2, Luis Rafael Chaparro Santos3, José Ricardo Morera Afanador3, Ricardo Andrés Quintero Farías3, José Luis Bustos Sánchez4

1Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
2Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
3Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario San Rafael de Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia
4Department of Neuroscience, Hospital Universitario San Rafael de Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia

Received July 30, 2020
Accepted February 16, 2022

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