POEMS syndrome revealed by multiple glomeruloid angiomas.

POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, skin disorders) is a rare multisystemic disease associated with plasma cell dyscrasia. A 68-year-old woman with chronic renal insufficiency and arterial hypertension included in her medical history was admitted to the hospital with confusion, somnolence and asthenia. She presented ascites, hepatosplenomegaly, leg oedema, distal dysesthesias, leuconychia and multiple nodular purple red angiomas on the trunk, upper limbs and fingers.