Syndrome of Anemia, Dysphagia and Glossitis (Plummer–Vinson Syndrome)

Abstract

AN iron-deficiency anemia associated with chronic dysphagia and glossitis in women between forty and fifty years of age is now known as side-ropenic dysphagia. Historically, the entity has borne the name of the Plummer–Vinson syndrome,1 , 2 but the characteristics of the dysphagia and anemia had received attention in medical literature before Vinson's report in 1922.3 4 5 6 7 8 Classically, the patient complains of choking or fear of choking and delayed swallowing of food localized at the cricoid area of the neck. The onset of the dysphagia may be sudden but is often insidious and periodic. Frequent associated complaints are weakness, fatigue, nervousness and "dyspeptic" . . .