当前位置：
X-MOL 学术
›
BMC Pediatr.
›
论文详情
Our official English website, www.x-mol.net, welcomes your feedback! (Note: you will need to create a separate account there.)
Ménétrier’s disease in childhood: a case report from China
BMC Pediatrics ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-06 , DOI: 10.1186/s12887-020-2005-6 Jiewei Zhang , Yizhong Wang , Haifeng Liu , Yongmei Xiao , Ting Zhang
BMC Pediatrics ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-06 , DOI: 10.1186/s12887-020-2005-6 Jiewei Zhang , Yizhong Wang , Haifeng Liu , Yongmei Xiao , Ting Zhang
Ménétrier’s disease (MD) is a protein-losing gastropathy characterized by gastric hypertrophy, foveolar hyperplasia and hypoalbuminemia. MD is uncommon in childhood with nonspecific clinical symptoms, and the exact cause of pediatric MD is still unclear. Here, we reported a 4 year and 10-month boy presenting with MD from China. The patient was suffered with vomiting, abdominal pain, hypoproteinemia and edema. Laboratory tests showed that the boy was infected with Clostridium difficile (CD). Gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed giant gastric folds, and histological gastric biopsies showed foveolar hyperplasia with glandular atrophy, infiltration of eosinophils in the lamina propria of the patient. Finally, the boy was recovered after supportive therapy with intravenous albumin and CD eradication. For the nonspecific clinical symptoms of MD, gastrointestinal endoscopic evaluations with gastric tissue biopsies are required to establish the diagnosis of MD in children with unexplained hypoalbuminemia.
更新日期：2020-03-06
京公网安备 11010802027423号