Verma Sandeep, Mukherjee Sandeep
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Creighton University Medical Center
Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS) is a rare condition characterized by the classic triad of post-cricoid dysphagia, iron-deficiency anemia, and upper esophageal webs. In the United Kingdom, it is known as Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome. This name was given after two British laryngologists, Donald Ross Paterson (1863-1939) and Adam Brown-Kelly (1865-1941), who published their findings in 1919. PVS is more common in middle-aged women at an increased risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma of the pharynx and proximal esophagus. This syndrome was named Plummer-Vinson syndrome after 2 Mayo Clinic physicians, Henry Stanley Plummer (1874-1936) and Porter Paisley Vinson (1890-1959), who noted cases of iron deficiency and dysphagia in the presence of suspected spasm of the upper esophagus or abnormal angulation of the esophagus.
普拉默-文森综合征（PVS）是一种罕见病症，其特征为经典三联征，即环状软骨后吞咽困难、缺铁性贫血和食管上蹼。在英国，它被称为帕特森-布朗-凯利综合征。这个名字是以两位英国喉科医生唐纳德·罗斯·帕特森（1863 - 1939）和亚当·布朗-凯利（1865 - 1941）命名的，他们于1919年发表了自己的研究结果。PVS在中年女性中更为常见，她们患咽和食管近端鳞状细胞癌的风险增加。该综合征以梅奥诊所的两位医生亨利·斯坦利·普拉默（1874 - 1936）和波特·佩斯利·文森（1890 - 1959）命名，他们注意到了存在疑似食管上段痉挛或食管异常成角情况下的缺铁和吞咽困难病例。
