title: Menetrier's disease in korea: report of two cases and review of cases in a gastric cancer prevalent region.
abstract: Menetrier's disease is a rare disease of the stomach generally described as hypertrophic gastropathy associated with hypoproteinemia. Gastric resection is still the most definitive treatment for the disease, but the appropriate extent of resection has not been determined. One of the major factors that would determine the extent of gastric resection in Menetrier's disease is its malignant potential. We present two recent cases of Menetrier's disease treated in our institution and review cases of the disease reported in Korea where the incidence of gastric cancer is one of the highest in the world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon- dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
authors.forename: Junuk
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Woo Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Hyung
authors.forename: Seung Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sung Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Noh
mesh_terms: D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*