title: [A rare etiology of anasarca in Africa: gastric lymphoma].
abstract: The authors report the case of a young 16 year-old woman from Gabon hospitalized because of edemas. The laboratory tests show a hypoproteinemia of 32 g/l with hypoalbuminemia of 9.4 g/l. After ruling out a renal, cardiac or hepatic etiology as well as malnutrition, the endoscopic exploration of the G.I tract, performed because of abdominal pain, enables to make the diagnosis: malignant, non-Hodgkin gastric lymphoma, confirmed by biopsies during the procedure. Edemas and hypoproteinemia were related to an exudative enteropathy secondary to ulcerations of the gastric mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Médecin des Hôpitaux, Armées.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Klotz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dupouy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nguemby Mbina
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aubry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005681:Gabon; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Une étiologie rare d'anasarque en Afrique: le lymphome gastrique.