A patient with dysphagia and iron deficiency anaemia - Answers.
- Author:
Pei Yee ONN
;
Ian BICKLE
;
Vui Heng CHONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Brunei International Medical Journal
2011;7(4):236-236
- CountryBrunei Darussalam
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
(Refer to page 208)
Answer: Plummer-Vinson or
Patterson-Kelly-Brown Syndrome
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS) is defined
as a triad of upper oesophageal web (or ring),
dysphagia and iron deficiency anaemia (IDA).
It was first reported in the early twentieth
century, and is also widely known as the Patterson-
Kelly-Brown syndrome (PKBS) or
sideropenic anaemia with epithelial lesions.