Plummer-Vinson syndrome

Introduction: Plummer-Vinson syndrome

Description of Plummer-Vinson syndrome

Plummer-Vinson syndrome (medical condition): A rare condition characterized by iron-deficiency anemia, nail...more »

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Plummer-Vinson syndrome: A disorder characterized by swallowing difficulty associated with severe iron-deficiency anemia.

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. Also called Paterson-Kelly syndrome and sideropenic dysphagia.
Source: National Institute of Health

Plummer-Vinson syndrome: A syndrome of DYSPHAGIA with IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA that is due to congenital anomalies in the ESOPHAGUS (such as cervical esophageal webs). It is known as Patterson-Kelly syndrome in the United Kingdom.
Source: Diseases Database

Plummer-Vinson syndrome: A syndrome of DYSPHAGIA with IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA that is due to congenital anomalies in the ESOPHAGUS (such as cervical esophageal webs). It is known as Patterson-Kelly syndrome in the United Kingdom.
Source: MeSH 2007

Plummer-Vinson syndrome: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Plummer-Vinson syndrome:

• Plummer
• Plummer disease
• Vinson
• Iron
• Iron disorder
• Deficiency
• Deficiency disease
• Anemia (926 causes)

Plummer-Vinson syndrome: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Plummer-Vinson syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Plummer-Vinson syndrome, or a subtype of Plummer-Vinson syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Plummer-Vinson syndrome as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Plummer-Vinson syndrome as a Disease

Plummer-Vinson syndrome (medical condition): See Plummer-Vinson syndrome (disease information).
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Plummer-Vinson syndrome: Related Diseases

Plummer-Vinson syndrome: Plummer-Vinson syndrome is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Blood conditions
• Nail conditions
• Throat conditions
• Digestive conditions
• Deficiency conditions

More information on medical condition: Plummer-Vinson syndrome:

• Information about Plummer-Vinson syndrome
• Basic Summary for Plummer-Vinson syndrome
• Symptoms of Plummer-Vinson syndrome
• Complications of Plummer-Vinson syndrome

Plummer-Vinson syndrome: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Plummer-Vinson syndrome:

• iron deficiency anemia
• dysphagia
• esophageal webs
• angular stomatitis
• atrophic glossitis
• odynophagia

Terms associated with Plummer-Vinson syndrome:

Terms Similar to Plummer-Vinson syndrome:

• Chronic pharyngo-esophagitis
• Chronic pharyngo-oesophagitis
• Paterson-Kelly syndrome
• Plummer-Vinson-Patterson-Kelly syndrome
• Sideropenic dysphagia

Source: Diseases Database

• Dysphagia sideropenica, sideropenic dysphagia, sideropenic nasopharyngopathy
• Kelly's syndrome
• Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome
• Paterson-Kelly syndrome
• Paterson’s syndrome

Source - NIH

Broader terms for Plummer-Vinson syndrome

• Esophageal Motility Disorders

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Plummer-Vinson syndrome

The following list attempts to classify Plummer-Vinson syndrome into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Digestive System Diseases
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
    • Esophageal Diseases
      • Deglutition Disorders
        • Esophageal Motility Disorders
          • Plummer-Vinson Syndrome

External links related to: Plummer-Vinson syndrome

• Plummer-Vinson syndrome (www.whonamedit.com)
• Plummer-Vinson syndrome
• eMedicine - Plummer-Vinson Syndrome : Article by Louis-Michel Wong Kee Song, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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