Menetrier's disease suspected by ultrasonography

• Published in: Revista española de enfermedades digestivas Vol. 88; no. 4; p. 292
• Main Authors: López Cano, A, Cirilo Martínez, J, Delgado Sousa, A, Martínez Rubio, J A, Parra Martínez, J L, Pérez Jiménez, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 01.04.1996
• Subjects: Adult; Biopsy; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Gastritis, Hypertrophic - diagnosis; Gastritis, Hypertrophic - diagnostic imaging; Gastritis, Hypertrophic - pathology; Humans; Stomach - pathology; Ultrasonography

Menetrier's disease was suspected in a patient during transcutaneous ultrasound by the finding of an important thickening of the mucosa with normality of submucosal, muscular and serous layers. The description of the ultrasound aspect of this disease is very uncommon, specially in adults.