title: Early gastric cancer in a patient with Menetrier's disease, lymphocytic gastritis and Helicobacter pylori.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a patient with early gastric cancer, Menetrier's disease, lymphocytic gastritis and Helicobacter pylori infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  A single patient case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 73-year-old man presenting with lower limb deep venous thrombosis was found to have a gastric adenocarcinoma on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. He subsequently had a total gastrectomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Histological examination of the resected stomach showed an early gastric cancer and changes typical of Menetrier's disease, lymphocytic gastritis and Helicobacter-associated chronic gastritis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case suggests a link between gastric adenocarcinoma, Menetrier's disease and lymphocytic gastritis. The presence of H. pylori is postulated as a possible aetiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, St James University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Spark
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Ambrose
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Wyatt
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008218:Lymphocytosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology