Menetrier disease - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Menetrier disease
Synonyms
- Hypertrophic lesion of bowel
- Giant hypertrophic gastritis
Causes
Effects
Description
- "A rare
- acquired
- premalignant disease of the stomach characterised by:
- massive gastric folds
- - excessive mucous production with resultant protein loss
- - little or no acid production.
- associated with excessive secretion of transforming growth factor alpha"