title: Menetrier's disease: evolution of disease under histamine-2 receptor antagonists.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geist
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fich
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mogle
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D011899:Ranitidine