Ménétriers Disease

Hypertrophic Gastritis in Association with Sepsis and Death in a Two‐Month‐Old Infant

“…in 1888, to describe the hypertrophy of the gastric muco sa associated with hypoproteinemia and edema (6). Some authors regard hypertrophy of the ga stric rugae a s the onl y criterion for the diagnosis of this disease (7.8), while others think that hypoproteinemia mu st also be present (9,10), and some add hypochlorhydria as an important characteri stic of this disease (9)(10)(11) .…”