Endoscopic ultrasound features of protein-losing gastropathy with hypertrophic gastric folds.
Endoscopy
; 32(5): 394-7, 2000 May.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10817179
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:
We aim to clarify the endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) features of protein-losing gastropathy with hypertrophic gastric folds (PLGH), including Ménétrier's disease. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
We analyzed the EUS and histologic findings in five patients who underwent both endoscopic ultrasonography and endoscopic resection.RESULTS:
Histologically, we diagnosed one patient as having acute gastritis, three patients as having Ménétrier's disease, and the remaining patient as having hypertrophic lymphocytic gastritis (HLG). Helicobacter pylori was recognized in all but one patient. At EUS every patient was found to have giant gastric folds (13 to 20 mm in diameter), resulting from echogenic thickening of the mucosal layer with or without cystic components. Two patients who underwent eradication therapy of H. pylori showed both clinical and morphologic resolution.CONCLUSIONS:
Echogenic thickening of the mucosal layer may be a characteristic EUS feature of protein-losing gastropathy with hypertrophic gastric folds, and H. pylori may be one of the causative agents.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Protein-Losing Enteropathies
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Stomach
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Gastroscopy
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Endosonography
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Gastritis, Hypertrophic
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Endoscopy
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan