PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fahad A. Alfares
AU  - Emad M. Raddaoui
AU  - Mohammad I. El-Mouzan
AU  - Abdullah A. Alangari
TI  - Menetrier’s disease in a Saudi child
DP  - 2013 Nov 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1192--1194
VI  - 34
IP  - 11
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/34/11/1192.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/34/11/1192.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2013 Nov 01; 34
AB  - Menetrier’s disease is a rare form of acquired gastropathy that presents mostly during adulthood, but is extremely rare in children. It is a clinicopathological diagnosis that typically presents with abdominal pain, vomiting, and edema secondary to hypoalbuminemia. Endoscopy usually shows giant gastric mucosal folds, and gastric biopsy shows foveolar hyperplasia and decreased oxyntic glands. Here, we describe a 5-year-old boy from Saudi Arabia with typical presentation of Menetrier’s disease and serological evidence of acute cytomegalovirus infection.