Rapidly Progressive Plummer Vinson Syndrome
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Rapidly Progressive Plummer Vinson Syndrome
A 47-year-old African American female with a history of hypertension presented to the emergency room with dysphagia. Over a period of two weeks, the patient first noticed difficulty swallowing large chunks of food followed shortly by trouble swallowing liquids. She described pain in her oropharynx with eating and regurgitated both solids and liquids every time she ate. She had lost 10 pounds ov...
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We present a case of Plummer-Vinson syndrome, which is a rare condition nowadays. The diagnosis was made after years of the disease, many doctors having attended the patient. The treatment consisted of oral supplementation of iron and endoscopic dilatations. The patient is asymptomatic.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rare Disorders: Diagnosis & Therapy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2380-7245
DOI: 10.21767/2380-7245.100059