Plummer-Vinson syndrome
Definition
Plummer-Vinson syndrome is a condition that sometimes occur in people with long-term (chronic) iron deficiency anemia.
Plummer-Vinson syndrome/esophageal web
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Plummer-Vinson syndrome/esophageal web
Alternate Names : Paterson-Kelly syndrome, Sideropenic dysphagia
Definition ...
Plummer-Vinson syndrome. This rare condition involves iron deficiency and causes difficulty swallowing. The presence of this disease increases the risk of hypopharyngeal cancer.
Prevention and Early Detection ...
Plummer-Vinson syndrome A disorder marked by anemia caused by iron deficiency, and a web-like growth of membranes in the throat that makes swallowing difficult. Having Plummer-Vinson syndrome may increase the risk of developing esophageal cancer.
Having Plummer-Vinson syndrome.
Possible signs of hypopharyngeal cancer include a sore throat and ear pain. ...
Also called Paterson-Kelly syndrome and Plummer-Vinson syndrome.
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SIDS The sudden and unexpected death of a healthy child who is younger than one year old, usually during sleep. The cause of SIDS is not known.
Ahlbom HE: Simple achlorhydric anaemia, Plummer-Vinson syndrome, and carcinoma of the mouth, pharynx, and oesophagus in women. Br Med J 2 (3945): 331-3, 1936.
Iron Deficiency Anemias, Other Specified; Paterson-Kelly Syndrome; Plummer-Vinson Syndrome; Sideropenic Dysphagia
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Iron Deficiency Anemia, Unspecified; Anemia, Achlorhydric, Chlorotic, Idiopathic hypochromic, Iron Deficiency NOS ...
Other factors include achalasia, human papillomavirus, lye ingestion (resulting in stricture), sclerotherapy, Plummer-Vinson syndrome, irradiation of the esophagus, and esophageal webs.
In rare cases, iron deficiency can cause permanent changes to the soft lining in the throat (Plummer-Vinson syndrome). This condition is a preliminary stage to cancer of the oesophagus.
How is anaemia diagnosed? ...
Paraphimosis
Blounts disease
Stroke secondary to FMD
Plummer-Vinson syndrome/esophageal web
Methylmercury poisoning
Diabetes
Calcium in diet
Immunoelectrophoresis - urine
Intrauterine growth restriction ...
Other links to squamous cell carcinoma include chronic irritation, achalasia, lye ingestion, mediastinal radiation therapy to the mediastinum, esophageal diverticula, Plummer-Vinson syndrome, and tylosis.
Plummer-Vinson syndrome/esophageal web
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Pneumomediastinum
Pneumonia
Pneumonia in immunocompromised host
Pneumothorax
Pneumothorax - infants
Poliomyelitis
Polyarteritis nodosa
Polychromatophilia ...
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Poikiloderma, Hereditary Acrokeratotic (0 images)
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Poliosis Congenita (0 images)
Polymorphic Light Eruption (22 images) ...
 See also: Deficiency, Cancer, Carcinoma, Fusion, X-Ray
  
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