Ménétrier's disease in a child.
A case of Ménétrier's disease in a 3 year old child presenting with subtotal pyloric stenosis and fatal outcome due to postoperative complications is reported. It is emphasized that although radiographic and gastroscopic studies are helpful, a full-thickness mucosal biopsy is essential for the diagnosis of Ménétrièr's disease.
Vujanić
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Department of Paediatric Pathology, Mother and Child Health Institute, Novi Beograd, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
Miladinović
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000209:etiology