A Rare Case of Plummer-Vinson Syndrome

Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS) is characterized by a triad of symptoms comprising microcytic hypochromic anemia, esophageal webs, and dysphagia. PVS is commonly found in women of middle age especially in the fourth and fifth decade of life and is rarely reported in males. We report a case of a 39-yea...

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Autores principales: Gade, Ajay K, Pacheco, Lauren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Hematology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6977583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32025392
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6463
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description Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS) is characterized by a triad of symptoms comprising microcytic hypochromic anemia, esophageal webs, and dysphagia. PVS is commonly found in women of middle age especially in the fourth and fifth decade of life and is rarely reported in males. We report a case of a 39-year-old female patient who had a classic presentation of PVS. PVS is precancerous with high malignant potential; early diagnosis is of utmost importance for better prognosis and surveillance endoscopy is recommended. Iron repletion oftentimes improves the dysphagia; seldom esophageal dilatation is used to provide symptomatic relief.
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spelling pubmed-69775832020-02-05 A Rare Case of Plummer-Vinson Syndrome Gade, Ajay K Pacheco, Lauren Cureus Hematology Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS) is characterized by a triad of symptoms comprising microcytic hypochromic anemia, esophageal webs, and dysphagia. PVS is commonly found in women of middle age especially in the fourth and fifth decade of life and is rarely reported in males. We report a case of a 39-year-old female patient who had a classic presentation of PVS. PVS is precancerous with high malignant potential; early diagnosis is of utmost importance for better prognosis and surveillance endoscopy is recommended. Iron repletion oftentimes improves the dysphagia; seldom esophageal dilatation is used to provide symptomatic relief. Cureus 2019-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6977583/ /pubmed/32025392 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6463 Text en Copyright © 2019, Gade et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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