Plummer-vinson syndrome associated with lower esophageal ring (Schatzki’s Ring) and hiatus hernia

Autor: Antonio Carlos Maciel, Sandra Jungblut Schuh, Flávia Vieira Lopes, Gabriela Jungblut Schuh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Clinical & Biomedical Research; Vol. 39 No. 4 (2019)
Clinical and Biomedical Research; v. 39 n. 4 (2019)
Clinical and Biomedical Research
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
instacron:UFRGS
Clinical and Biomedical Research, Vol 39, Iss 4 (2020)
ISSN: 2357-9730
Popis: We report a case of Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS) and lower esophageal ring with a small sliding hiatus hernia. PVS is a rare entity formed by the combination of dysphagia, cervical esophageal web and iron deficiency anemia. It occurs mainly in middle-aged women 1,2,3 . Lower esophageal ring and a small sliding hiatus hernia were also observed in this case. We documented clinical manifestations of iron deficiency anemia through images and esophagus abnormalities through barium esophagogram. Keywords: Plummer-vinson syndrome; paterson-brown-kelly syndrome; sliding hiatal hernia; lower esophageal sphincter; iron-deficiency anemia
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