Plummer Vinson syndrome: unusual features

Indian J Gastroenterol. 2002 Mar-Apr;21(2):74-5.

Abstract

Plummer Vinson syndrome is a constellation of postcricoid esophageal webs, iron deficiency anemia, dysphagia and koilonychia. We describe some unusual manifestations in three patients with this syndrome; these were clubbing instead of koilonychia, tortuous esophagus in addition to presence of esophageal webs, and celiac disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Celiac Disease / etiology
  • Esophagus / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / etiology
  • Plummer-Vinson Syndrome / complications
  • Plummer-Vinson Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Radiography