Patients generally respond well to treatment. Iron supplementation usually resolves the anemia, and corrects the glossodynia (tongue pain).<unk>  is one of the risk factors for developing squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, esophagus, and hypopharynx. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk is also increased; therefore, it is considered a premalignant condition.
Plummer–Vinson syndrome
Bloom syndrome
Mallory–Weiss syndrome
Secretan's syndrome
Mucus fishing syndrome
König's syndrome
Zenker's diverticulum
Schnitzler syndrome