Journal of Gastric Cancer

The Korean Gastric Cancer Association (대한위암학회)
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Gastric Cancer Occurring in a Patient with Plummer- Vinson Syndrome -A case report-

Plummer-Vinson Syndrome과 동반된 진행성 위암 1예

  • Lee Sung-Gun (Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee Tae-Mu (Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kwon Yuk (Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim Ki-Han (Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim Min-Chan (Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jung Ghap-Joong (Department of Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine)
  • 이성근 (동아대학교 의과대학 외과학교실) ;
  • 이태무 (동아대학교 의과대학 외과학교실) ;
  • 권육 (동아대학교 의과대학 외과학교실) ;
  • 김기한 (동아대학교 의과대학 외과학교실) ;
  • 김민찬 (동아대학교 의과대학 외과학교실) ;
  • 정갑중 (동아대학교 의과대학 외과학교실)
  • Published : 2004.06.01
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Abstract

Plummer-Vinson syndrome (sideropenic dysphagia) is characterized by dysphagia due to an upper esophageal or a hypopharyngeal web in a patient with chronic iron deficiency anemia. The main cause of dysphagia is the web of the cervical esophagus, and an abnormal motility of the pharynx or the esophagus is found to play a significant role in the above cause. Patients with this syndrome are thought to be precancerous because squamous cell carcinomas of the hypopharynx, oral cavity, or esophagus take place in $10\%$ of those patients. However, for Plummer-Vinson syndrome to be combined with gastric cancer is most unusual. We report the case of a 43-year-old woman who was first found to have stomach cancer under a diagnosis of Plummer-Vinson syndrome and who recovered after surgery.

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