title: [Ménétrier's disease and gastric cancer].
abstract: Ménétrier's disease is an infrequent hypertrophic disease of the stomach associated with hypoproteinemia of unknown etiology. This disease is considered to be premalignant since 10-15% of affected individuals develop gastric cancer. We present a 66-year-old patient who had received a diagnosis of Ménétrier's disease 13 years previously and who was found to have advanced antral gastric cancer during follow-up. We provide an update on the optimal therapeutic approach, which has not been clearly defined to date.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Santa Barbara, Puertollano, Ciudad Real, España. jose_ramia@hotmail.com
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramia
authors.forename: Eloy
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sancho
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lozano
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Domínguez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery