[Clinical case: Ménétrier's disease of childhood].
We report the case of 3 years and 2 months old boy who presented vomiting associated with eyelid edema of recent onset. The paraclinical exploration has allowed us to establish the diagnosis of benign hypertrophic gastritis or Ménétrier's disease. The interest in this case resides in his rare appearance, benignity and transience, during the childhood, contrasted with the adult where chronic form and a risk of cancer predominates.
Valensi
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Service de Pédiatrie, CHR La Citadelle, Liège, Belgique.
Guidi
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Etienne
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology