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BACKGROUND
POEMS occurs only in about 1% of plasmocytoma cases, but in more than 50% of the rare osteosclerotic subtypes and plasma cell dyscrasias. The estimated frequency is 20 cases per year in Germany. Swelling of the optic disks is an early sign of the syndrome.
METHODS
An osteosclerotic
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