Hematology · Hematology / Iron disorders
Plummer–Vinson syndrome
also: Paterson–Brown–Kelly syndrome
Iron-deficiency anemia with dysphagia and esophageal webs.
- Specialty
- Hematology
- Subspecialty
- Hematology / Iron disorders
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected, rare; Female: affected, middle-aged; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Paterson–Brown–Kelly syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Chronic iron deficiency.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (6)
In plain terms, someone with Plummer–Vinson syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
Same gene(s)
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Overlapping symptoms
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1 shared
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dysphagia
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dysphagia
1 shared
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dysphagia
1 shared
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dysphagia
1 shared
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dysphagia
1 shared
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dysphagia
1 shared
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dysphagia
1 shared
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dysphagia
1 shared
Opalski syndrome
dysphagia
1 shared
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dysphagia
Shares genes with
None.
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