[Ménétrier disease. Report of one case].
Ménétrier disease is a rare disorder of the stomach, characterized by giant hypertrophic folds that usually involve the gastric body and fundus, associated to hypoalbuminemia due to serum protein loss across the gastric mucosa. We report a 55-years-old male presenting with abdominal pain, vomiting, weight loss and hypoalbuminemia. Diffuse hypertrophic gastric folds, elevated ulcerated sessile lesions and focal duodenal involvement were seen at endoscopy. Biopsies showed foveolar hyperplasia and glandular atrophy with cystic dilatation. A total gastrectomy was performed with a good outcome.
Sección de Gastroenterología, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Macarena
M
Gompertz
Cristián
C
Montenegro
María Ester
ME
Bufadel
Carlos
C
Defilippi
Jaime
J
Castillo
Claudia
C
Morales
D001706:Biopsy; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged