Pericardial Tamponade and Other Cardiac Complications in POEMS Syndrome

Jacqueline Levene, DO; Nathanial Murray, MD; Sima Desai, MD; Timothy F. Simpson, MD, PharmD; Chafic Karam, MD; Rebecca Silbermann, MD; Ahmad Masri, MD, MS

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2021)

Pericardial Tamponade and Other Cardiac Complications in POEMS Syndrome

Jacqueline Levene, DO,
Nathanial Murray, MD,
Sima Desai, MD,
Timothy F. Simpson, MD, PharmD,
Chafic Karam, MD,
Rebecca Silbermann, MD,
Ahmad Masri, MD, MS

Affiliations

Jacqueline Levene, DO: Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Nathanial Murray, MD: Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Sima Desai, MD: Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Timothy F. Simpson, MD, PharmD: Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Chafic Karam, MD: Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA; Amylodosis Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Rebecca Silbermann, MD: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Ahmad Masri, MD, MS: Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA; Amylodosis Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr. Ahmad Masri, Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Medicine, Mail code: UHN-62, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 286 – 290

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Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) is a multiorgan syndrome with rare and heterogenous cardiac manifestations. We present the case of a man with pericardial effusion complicated by cardiac tamponade, new onset atrial fibrillation, and high-degree atrioventricular block leading to a diagnosis of POEMS syndrome. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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