Curative resection with endoscopic submucosal dissection of early gastric cancer in Helicobacter pylori-negative Ménétrier's disease: A case report.
World J Gastroenterol
; 28(5): 594-601, 2022 Feb 07.
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| ID: mdl-35316958
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Adult-onset Ménétrier's disease is strongly associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and an elevated risk of carcinogenesis. Cases of early-stage gastric cancer developed in H. pylori-negative Ménétrier's disease are extremely rare. We report a case of early gastric cancer in H. pylori-negative Ménétrier's disease that was curatively resected with endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). CASESUMMARY:
A 60-year-old woman was referred to our hospital after her medical examination detected anemia. Contrast-enhanced upper gastrointestinal (UGI) radiography revealed translucency of the nodule-aggregating surface with giant rugae. Blood tests showed hypoproteinemia and were negative for serum H. pylori immunoglobulin G antibodies. The 99mTc-DTPA-human serum albumin scintigraphy showed protein loss from the stomach. UGI endoscopy showed a 40-mm protruding erythematous lesion on giant rugae of the greater curvature of lower gastric body, suggesting early-stage gastric cancer due to Ménétrier's disease. En bloc resection with ESD was performed for diagnosis and treatment. Histology of ESD showed well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma. The cancer was confined to the mucosa, and complete curative resection was achieved. Foveolar hyperplasia and atrophy of the gastric glands were observed in non-tumor areas, histologically corresponding to Ménétrier's disease. Three years after ESD, gastric cancer had not recurred, and Ménétrier's disease remained in remission with spontaneous regression of giant gastric rugae.CONCLUSION:
Complete curative resection was achieved through ESD in a patient with early-stage gastric cancer and H. pylori-negative Ménétrier's disease.Key words
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stomach Neoplasms
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Helicobacter pylori
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Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
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Gastritis, Hypertrophic
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Year:
2022
Type:
Article