Abstract

DONOHUE-CORNEJO, Alejandro et al. Squamous cell carcinoma in the tongue and Plummer-Vinson syndrome: A case report. Rev. Odont. Mex [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.3, pp.189-192. ISSN 1870-199X.

The Plummer-Vinson syndrome, called sideropenic dysphagia, is characterized by dysphagia, iron deficiency, anemia and the presence of esophageal webs, and it has been identified as a risk factor for developing squamous cell carcinoma of the upper gastrointestinal tract. The cases of patients suffering Plummer-Vinson syndrome that develops intraoral carcinomas are very rare. We present one case of 45 years-female with diagnosis of sideropenic dysphagia who develops a squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. The patient present at Oral Medicine and Oral pathology clinic at Dental School of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, México by glossodynia, glossopyrosis and dysphagia of 8 months of evolution. The medical file revealed antecedents of non-specified chronic anemia, with blood transfusions at medical institutions. The intraoral examination showed depapilation of two anterior thirds of the tongue. An ulcerated swallow with indurate borders site in the left lateral border of the tongue of unknown evolution was observes. An incisional biopsy was done and a histopathological diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue was emitted. In our knowledge this is the third case reported in the scientific literature of a lingual squamous cell carcinoma develops in a patient suffering Plummer-Vinson syndrome. The 3 reported cases are coincident in age, gender and oral features. The pertinence of to continue including to sideropenic dysphagia like a risk factor to develop intra-oral carcinomas is discuses.

Keywords : Plummer-Vinson syndrome; sideropenic dysphagia; squamous cell carcinoma; tongue.

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