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Giant hypertrophic gastritis; Giant mucosal rugae; Hyperplastic gastropathy; Hyperplastic/Hypertrophic gastritis; Hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy; Protein-losing gastropathy
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Ménétrier’s disease is a rare form of acquired gastropathy involving the gastric fundus and corpus and is characterized by gastric rugal hypertrophy, protein-losing gastropathy, and an increase of gastric luminal pH (hypochlorhydria).
Ménétrier’s disease is considered to be a rare acquired disorder of uncertain etiology. It was first described in 1888 by Pierre Ménétrier, a French pathologist who observed enlarged gastric folds during autopsies. Sporadic case reports were described in the following decennia; in most adult cases, an initial pathogenic agent or event could not be determined. A break-through in the pathogenesis was the finding of local overproduction of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α), resulting in enhanced epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling in the...
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van der Post, C.R., van Krieken, J.H. (2017). Ménétrier’s Disease. In: Carneiro, F., Chaves, P., Ensari, A. (eds) Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5_1653
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