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Can cardiac MRI detect cardiac involvement in patients with POEMS syndrome?
Can cardiac MRI detect cardiac involvement in patients with POEMS syndrome?
Cardiac MRI can identify cardiac amyloidosis in patients with POEMS syndrome, which may aid in risk stratification and treatment strategies.
Supports CMR detection of cardiac amyloidosis in POEMS syndrome; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
We present a case of POEMS syndrome in which cardiac MRI (CMR) revealed cardiac involvement. POEMS syndrome is a very rare disease and cardiac involvement in POEMS syndrome is rarely reported. In the present case, echocardiography revealed left ventricular hypertrophy with moderately impaired systolic function and moderate pulmonary hypertension. CMR examination showed a typical circular subendocardial type of late gadolinium enhancement, which is a classic pattern of cardiac amyloidosis. The diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis in POEMS would be helpful for further risk stratification and treatment strategies.
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