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Case Reports
. 1999 Feb;94(2):527-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.889_r.x.

Celiac disease presenting as the Paterson-Brown Kelly (Plummer-Vinson) syndrome

W Dickey  1 , B McConnell
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Celiac disease presenting as the Paterson-Brown Kelly (Plummer-Vinson) syndrome

W Dickey et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 1999 Feb.

Abstract

We describe two patients with Paterson-Brown Kelly (Plummer-Vinson) syndrome whose iron deficiency anemia was due to celiac disease. They presented with dysphagia 13 and 9 yr, respectively, before celiac disease was diagnosed. Neither had gastrointestinal symptoms suggestive of malabsorption. Celiac disease is a recognized cause of chronic iron deficiency and should be considered as an etiological factor for sideropenic dysphagia.

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