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ea0007p24 | Cytokines and growth factors | BES2004

Excessive daytime sleepiness associated with hypercytokinaemia in POEMS

Wong S , Cresswell P , English P , Wilding J , Huda M , Pazmany L , Pinkney J , Hart I

The multisystem disorder POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes) is a rare plasma cell dyscrasia. Elevated cytokines may contribute to its pathogenesis. We describe a POEMS patient with elevated plasma cytokines and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS).A 39-year-old white woman with IgA lambda and IgG kappa paraproteinaemia, peripheral axonal sensorimotor neuropathy, moderate anascara, skin thickening a...