Plummer-Vinson Syndrome Complicated by Gastric Cancer: A Case Report

Abstract

Plummer-Vinson syndrome has been brought tp attention as a precancerous lesion of hypo-pharyngeal and cervical lesions of the esophagus, but that involving the stomach is uncommon. We report a case of Plummer-Vinson syndrome with gastric cancer. A brief literature review of this disorder is presented, and possible causes in this unusual case are discussed. (Keio J Med 39(2): 106-111, June 1990). © 1990, The Keio Journal of Medicine. All rights reserved.