Menetrier Disease. Case report

Abstract

Introduction: Menetrier's disease is a rare disease with few reports in the world literature. It is currently recognized as a condition for neoplasia.

Objective: to present a case of Menetrier's disease, an infrequent hypertrophic gastropathy of unknown etiology.

Case presentation: a 54-year-old white male patient with a history of high blood pressure

who has been treated for it for 10 years. He debuted with generalized edema, dyspnea and a picture very similar to an ulcer syndrome accompanied by diarrhea, constitutional syndrome with a loss of 10 kg in just three months and mucosal skin pallor. Analytical laboratory studies showed hypoalbuminemia with mild anemia. The imaging and endoscopic examinations carried out made it possible to reach the clinical diagnosis. He died abruptly from a myocardial infarction and autopsy and histopathological studies showed that it was Menetrier's disease.

Conclusions: Menetrier's disease is a rare condition that usually occurs in people between 30 and 60 years of age, it is rare in children and young people. A case of a patient with this disease whose diagnosis was only possible by imaging, endoscopy, and pathology studies is presented. It should be taken into account that it can simulate other clinical conditions, from gastric ulcer syndrome, nephrotic syndrome, and liver cirrhosis, to progress to neoplastic syndrome.