Menetrier's disease in a Saudi child
Saudi Medical Journal. 2013; 34 (11): 1192-1194
in En
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Menetrier's disease is a rare form of acquired gastropathy that presents mostly during adulthood, but is extremely rare in children. It is a clinicopathological diagnosis that typically presents with abdominal pain, vomiting, and edema secondary to hypoalbuminemia. Endoscopy usually shows giant gastric mucosal folds, and gastric biopsy shows foveolar hyperplasia and decreased oxyntic glands. Here, we describe a 5-year-old boy from Saudi Arabia with typical presentation of Menetrier's disease and serological evidence of acute cytomegalovirus infection
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Index:
IMEMR
Main subject:
Vomiting
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Abdominal Pain
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Child
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Cytomegalovirus Infections
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Saudi Med. J.
Year:
2013