"The condition is most prevalent in women (~80-95%) 5,6, typically aged 40–70 years 1. Plummer-Vinson syndrome was previously most commonly reported in Northern Europe, but is now most commonly reported in India and the Middle East, where iron deficiency remains prevalent 5,6."
"The classic clinical manifestations of this syndrome were first described - independently - by the British ENT surgeons Adam Brown Kelly (1865–1941) and Donald Ross Paterson (1863–1939) in 1919. Paterson's description was the most comprehensive although he did not mention the anaemia. The association between the syndrome and a postcricoid carcinoma was first identified by Paterson. Brown Kelly mentioned all the classic features including the anaemia."
"The classic clinical manifestations of this syndrome were first described - independently - by the British ENT surgeons Adam Brown Kelly (1865–1941) and Donald Ross Paterson (1863–1939) in 1919. Paterson's description was the most comprehensive although he did not mention the anaemia. The association between the syndrome and a postcricoid carcinoma was first identified by Paterson. Brown Kelly mentioned all the classic features including the anaemia."
"Henry Stanley Plummer (1874–1936) and Porter Paisley Vinson (1890–1959) were physicians at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Vinson described his first case in 1919, with a fuller description of the condition in a case series in 1922, although omitted mention of glossitis 1,2. In his 1919 paper he cited an earlier paper from 1912 in which Plummer had reported on a case series characterised by oesophageal dilatation and dysphagia. However there is no evidence that any of Plummer's patients had this syndrome nor that he ever published on it 2."
"Henry Stanley Plummer (1874–1936) and Porter Paisley Vinson (1890–1959) were physicians at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Vinson described his first case in 1919, with a fuller description of the condition in a case series in 1922, although omitted mention of glossitis 1,2. In his 1919 paper he cited an earlier paper from 1912 in which Plummer had reported on a case series characterised by oesophageal dilatation and dysphagia. However there is no evidence that any of Plummer's patients had this syndrome nor that he ever published on it 2."
"Mainstay of treatment is to prescribe iron to treat the anaemia. If dysphagia remains troublesome then disruption of the web(s) by dilation methods may be necessary 1."
"The classic clinical manifestations of this syndrome were first described - independently - by the British ENT surgeons Adam Brown Kelly (1865–1941) and Donald Ross Paterson (1863–1939) in 1919. Paterson's description was the most comprehensive although he did not mention the anaemia. The association between the syndrome and a postcricoid carcinoma was first identified by Paterson. Brown Kelly mentioned all the classic features including the anaemia."
"The key imaging abnormality is oesophageal webs, best seen on videofluoroscopy, although may also be seen on a barium swallow examination 1. Webs tend to be thin and even with a central/eccentric lumen. They are usually in the proximal oesophagus. Upper GI endoscopy may also diagnose webs but can unintentionally rupture them."
"The classic clinical manifestations of this syndrome were first described - independently - by the British ENT surgeons Adam Brown Kelly (1865–1941) and Donald Ross Paterson (1863–1939) in 1919. Paterson's description was the most comprehensive although he did not mention the anaemia. The association between the syndrome and a postcricoid carcinoma was first identified by Paterson. Brown Kelly mentioned all the classic features including the anaemia."
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"Fluoroscopy"