Plummer-Vinson Syndrome in a Crohn's disease patient

Nikolaos Kyriakos; Apostolis Papaefthymiou; Marios Giakoumis; Michail Papadomichelakis; Christos Liatsos

doi:10.1016/j.ajg.2020.01.006

Plummer-Vinson Syndrome in a Crohn's disease patient

Arab J Gastroenterol. 2020 Mar;21(1):59-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ajg.2020.01.006. Epub 2020 Feb 19.

Authors

Nikolaos Kyriakos¹, Apostolis Papaefthymiou¹, Marios Giakoumis¹, Michail Papadomichelakis¹, Christos Liatsos²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens 11525, Greece.
² Department of Gastroenterology, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens 11525, Greece. Electronic address: cliatsos@yahoo.com.

PMID: 32088165
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2020.01.006

Abstract

Plummer Vinson Syndrome (PVS), a rare condition complicating iron deficiency anaemia, manifests as a classic triad of dysphagia, anaemia and oesophageal web. Iron deficiency is the commonest systematic complication of Crohn's disease with only one described case of a Crohn's disease patient combined with PVS in the literature. We present a case of PVS complicating Crohn's disease in a 38-years-old female patient under treatment with the biologic agent Ustekinumab (human interleukin 12/23 monoclonal antibody) suffering from a progressively worsening dysphagia.

Keywords: Crohn’s disease; Iron deficiency anaemia; Plummer Vinson Syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Crohn Disease / complications*
Crohn Disease / diagnosis*
Crohn Disease / therapy
Female
Humans
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome / complications*
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome / diagnosis*
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome / therapy