Plummer-Vinson syndrome

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• Synonyms

  • Paterson-Kelly syndrome
  • Plummer-Vinson-Kelly syndrome

• Causes

  • Iron deficiency anaemia

• Effects

  • Atrophic glossitis
  • Oesophageal webs
  • Postcricoid carcinoma
  • Angular stomatitis
  • Carcinoma of oesophagus