title: Gastric cancer occurring in a patient with Plummer-Vinson syndrome: a case report.
abstract: Plummer-Vinson syndrome (sideropenic dysphagia) is characterized by dysphagia due to an upper esophageal or hypopharyngeal web in patients with chronic iron deficiency anemia. The main cause of dysphagia is the presence of the web in the cervical esophagus, and abnormal motility of the pharynx or esophagus is also found to play a significant role in this condition. This syndrome is thought to be precancerous because squamous cell carcinoma of hypopharynx, oral cavity or esophagus takes place in 10% of those patients suffering from this malady, but it is even more unusual that Plummer-Vinson syndrome should be accompanied by gastric cancer. We have reported here a case of a 43-year-old woman with Plummer-Vinson syndrome who developed stomach cancer and recovered after a radical total gastrectomy with D2 nodal dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 3-1 Dongdaeshin-Dong, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-715, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ki-Han
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Min-Chan
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ghap-Joong
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011004:Plummer-Vinson Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery