Ménétrier's disease: A variant of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis, or a separate clinical but still premalignant entity? KU Leuven
Ménétrier's disease is a gastric giant folds disease syndrome including gastric protein loss resulting in a clinical picture of protein-losing enteropathy and decreased gastric acid production. Pathologically foveolar hyperplasia, distortion and glandular atrophy is observed. Not all elements of the syndrome may be present at the same time. A Helicobacter pylori co-infection has been found in many patients, leading to the view that Ménétrier's ...