Report of a Case of Menetrier's Disease.
- Author:
Yong Man KWON
;
Seon Min KIM
;
Sang In MA
;
Kyung Sik PARK
;
Jae Dong LEE
;
Joong Geun LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Menetrier's disease;
Hypertrophic Gastritis
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Diagnosis;
Edema;
Female;
Gastritis, Hypertrophic*;
Humans;
Hypertrophy;
Mucous Membrane;
Rare Diseases;
Seoul;
Stomach
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1991;11(1):85-88
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Menetriers disease is a rare disease, characterized by a marked hypertrophy of the mucosa of the fundus and corpus of the stomach and gastrointestinal loss af protein often causing transient edema. The 16-Year-old female patient was admitted to the Seoul Adventist Hospital and she complained epigastric pain & discomfort for 20 days. Under the UGI & endoscoyy, pathologic examination was done. The diagnosis was estabilished. She wes treated medically.
