Menetrier's disease: evolution of disease under histamine-2 receptor antagonists.
A 33-yr-old man, with known peptic disease, developed giant thickening of the gastric mucosa and hypoproteinemia. Serial endoscopic and x-ray examinations of the upper gastrointestinal tract were available before and after the development of Menetrier's disease. In a 1-yr interval, erosive gastritis developed in a normal gastric mucosa, which was followed a few months later by hypoproteinemia. The patient developed the disease while being treated with histamine-2 receptor antagonists.
Geist
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Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Mogle
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D000328:Adult; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D011899:Ranitidine