Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1991;11(1): 85-88.
Menetrier's Diseases 1예 보고 ( Report of a Case of Menetrier's Disease )
권용만, 김선민, 박경식, 마상인, 이재동, 이중건 (Yong Man Kwon, Seon Min Kim, Sang In Ma, Kyung Sik Park, Jae Dong Lee and Joong Geun Lee)
Abstract
Menetriers disease is a rare disease, characterized by a marked hypertrophy of the mucosa of the fundus and corpus of the stomach and gastrointestinal loss af protein often causing transient edema. The 16-Year-old female patient was admitted to the Seoul Adventist Hospital and she complained epigastric pain & discomfort for 20 days. Under the UGI & endoscoyy, pathologic examination was done. The diagnosis was estabilished. She wes treated medically.