title: [Menetrier's disease in children: report of 3 cases and review of the literature].
abstract: Three cases of Ménétrier's disease in childhood are reported and 38 other cases previously described in the literature are reviewed. The disease manifests in children as a protein-losing gastropathy and a characteristic hypertrophic gastric rugae is demonstrated by upper gastrointestinal radiographs or endoscopy. In contrast to the usual chronicity of the disease in adults, the course is usually benign in children and the symptoms resolve spontaneously in weeks or months. The possible etiology and differential diagnosis are discussed. Ménétrier's disease in children may be more common than report.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatria, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: da Cruz
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Patrício
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Medeiros
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wehba
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fagundes Neto
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Doença de Ménétrier na criança: relato de três casos e revisão da literatura.