Open AccessSpooning of the nails and webbing of the esophagus: koilonychia and P lummer– V inson S yndrome
Author(s) -
Mangla Ankit,
Agarwal Nikki,
Yu Jie,
Telfer Margaret
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.419
Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , esophagus , pathogenesis , iron deficiency , anemia , surgery
Key Clinical Message Chronic iron deficiency can be associated with nail deformities like Koilonychia and Platynychia. It can also be associated with esophageal webs (Plummer‐Vinson syndrome or Patterson‐Brown‐Kelly syndrome) causing dysphagia in the patient. Though the pathogenesis of this association remains anecdotal and presence of these physical findings should prompt the clinician towards considering chronic iron deficiency as the cause of anemia.