title: Spooning of the nails and webbing of the esophagus: koilonychia and Plummer-Vinson Syndrome.
abstract: Chronic iron deficiency can be associated with nail deformities like Koilonychia and Platynychia. It can also be associated with esophageal webs (Plummer-Vinson syndrome or Patterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome) causing dysphagia in the patient. Though the pathogenesis of this association remains anecdotal and presence of these physical findings should prompt the clinician towards considering chronic iron deficiency as the cause of anemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County 1901 West Harrison Street Chicago Illinois 60612.
authors.forename: Ankit
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6789-4315
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mangla
authors.affiliation: John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County 1926 West Harrison Street Chicago Illinois 60612.
authors.forename: Nikki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County 1901 West Harrison Street Chicago Illinois 60612.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine Division of Hematology Oncology John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County 1901 West Harrison Street Chicago Illinois 60612.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Telfer
keywords: Esophageal webs; Plummer Vinson Syndrome; iron deficiency anemia; koilonychia