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Case Reports
. 1993 May;38(5):968-71.
doi: 10.1007/BF01295930.

Esophageal motility impairment in Plummer-Vinson syndrome. Correction by iron treatment

R O Dantas  1 , M G Villanova
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Case Reports

Esophageal motility impairment in Plummer-Vinson syndrome. Correction by iron treatment

R O Dantas et al. Dig Dis Sci. 1993 May.

Abstract

We report the case of a 41-year-old woman with Plummer-Vinson syndrome and an esophageal motility disorder. She complained of dysphagia and odynophagia and had cheilitis, glossitis, and hypochromic anemia. An esophageal motility study showed low amplitude of contraction and high intrabolus pressure in the esophageal body. After iron replacement, the patient was free from symptoms, and a new motility study showed increased amplitude of contraction and decreased intrabolus pressure.

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