title: The edematous toddler: a case of pediatric Ménétrier disease.
abstract: Ménétrier disease is a protein-losing gastroenteropathy, characterized clinically by nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms and generalized edema, biochemically by hypoalbuminemia, and pathologically by enlarged gastric folds. Distinct from its adult counterpart, Ménétrier disease of childhood usually remits spontaneously and has a very good prognosis. We present a case report of Ménétrier disease in an edematous toddler and a brief review.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. blackstone@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Mercedes M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Blackstone
authors.forename: Manoj K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Mittal
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D034141:Hypoalbuminemia / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous