[Ménétrier's disease and gastric cancer].
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.
Ramia
José Manuel
JM
Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Santa Barbara, Puertollano, Ciudad Real, España. jose_ramia@hotmail.com
Sancho
Eloy
E
Lozano
Oscar
O
Santos
José María
JM
Domínguez
Fernando
F
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