title: Protein-losing gastropathy with hypertrophic gastric folds: endosonographic findings.
abstract: We present a case of protein-losing gastropathy with hypertrophic gastric folds. A 38-year-old man was hospitalized for severe epigastric pain suggestive of hypoproteinemia. Endoscopic and radiologic examination revealed enlarged gastric folds on the greater curvature of the stomach. Endoscopic sonography revealed marked thickening of the second layer on the greater curvature of the stomach. Endoscopic mucosal resection was performed, and the diagnosis was hypertrophic gastritis. After prednisolone treatment, hypoproteinemia and the enlarged gastric folds of the stomach resolved.
authors: Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka City 812-8582, Japan.
authors: Daisuke
authors: D
authors: Tsurumaru
authors: Satoru
authors: S
authors: Masunari
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Utsunomiya
authors: Heihachirou
authors: H
authors: Takano
authors: Shuji
authors: S
authors: Matsuura
authors: Yunosuke
authors: Y
authors: Nishihara
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Yao
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Irie
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Honda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019160:Endosonography; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*