Question

A 40-year-old woman presents with a 3-month history of intermittent dysphagia to solid foods and iron deficiency anaemia. She has no weight loss or odynophagia. Which diagnosis must be excluded by urgent endoscopy?

Accepted Answer

Plummer-Vinson syndrome and upper oesophageal web

Answer

Achalasia

Answer

Diffuse oesophageal spasm

Answer

Globus pharyngeus

Answer

Bulimia nervosa

Practice question

A 40-year-old woman presents with a 3-month history of intermittent dysphagia to solid foods and iron deficiency anaemia. She has no weight loss or odynophagia. Which diagnosis must be excluded by urgent endoscopy?