Abstract |
Gastric cancer was found in a patient in whom Menetrier's disease had been diagnosed 18 months before. In Menetrier's disease, incidence of cancer is as high as 14% of cases. But in only 5 cases of literature including the present one, has the time sequence been clearly documented. Metachronous tumours may be found 1 to 5 years after giant hypertrophic gastritis has been diagnozed. Such data make medical management, including anti-secretory drugs and periodic endoscopic survey, hazardous. We suggest that in documented Menetrier's disease elective total gastrectomy should still be considered as a treatment of choice.
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Authors | G Roseau, J Leport, M Cerf |
Journal | Annales de gastroenterologie et d'hepatologie
(Ann Gastroenterol Hepatol (Paris))
Vol. 23
Issue 5
Pg. 247-9
(Oct 1987)
ISSN: 0066-2070 [Print] France |
Vernacular Title | Dégénérescence maligne d'une maladie de Ménétrier. |
PMID | 3674744
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adenocarcinoma
(diagnostic imaging, etiology)
- Adult
- Gastritis
(complications)
- Gastritis, Hypertrophic
(complications)
- Humans
- Male
- Stomach Neoplasms
(diagnostic imaging, etiology)
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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