Iron Supplementation Improved Dysphagia Related toPlummer–Vinson          Syndrome

Yasoo Sugiura; Motohito Nakagawa; Toshinori Hashizume; Etsuo Nemoto; Shizuka Kaseda

doi:10.2302/kjm.2014-0011-CR

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Iron Supplementation Improved Dysphagia Related toPlummer–Vinson Syndrome

Yasoo Sugiura, Motohito Nakagawa, Toshinori Hashizume, Etsuo Nemoto, Shizuka Kaseda

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2015 Volume 64 Issue 3 Pages 48-50

DOI https://doi.org/10.2302/kjm.2014-0011-CR

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To the editor; Plummer–Vinson syndrome (PVS) is characterized by dysphagia with esophageal web, glossitis, angular stomatitis, and iron-deficiency anemia¹ and is associated with increased frequency of cancer of the alimentary tract.²^,³ Therefore, treatment of the symptoms related to PVS and precise evaluation of the upper gastrointestinal tract are essential in PVS.

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