Disease or Syndrome
Plummer-Vinson syndrome Audio
[ pluh-mer-vin-sun sin-drome ]
Subclass of:
Esophageal motility disorders
Definitions related to 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.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A syndrome characterized by dysphagia, upper esophageal webs, iron deficiency anemia, and glossitis.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Plummer-Vinson or Paterson-Kelly syndrome presents as a classical triad of dysphagia, iron-deficiency anemia and esophageal webs.
    OrphaNet
    INSERM, 2021
  • The association of postcricoid dysphagia, upper esophageal webs, and iron deficiency anemia is known as Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS) in the United States and Paterson-Brown Kelly syndrome in the United Kingdom. The term sideropenic dysphagia has also been used, since the syndrome can occur with iron deficiency (sideropenia), but it is...
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2025
  • Plummer-Vinson or Paterson-Kelly syndrome presents as a classical triad of dysphagia, iron-deficiency anemia and esophageal webs.
    NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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