Plummer-Vinson syndrome diagnostic criteria

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akshun Kalia M.B.B.S.[2]

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The diagnosis of Plummer-Vinson syndrome is made in the presence of iron-deficiency anemia with esophageal webs, dysphagia and glossitis.

The diagnosis of Plummer-Vinson syndrome is made in the presence of iron-deficiency anemia and the following conditions:^[1]