Clin Endosc.  2023 Jan;56(1):125-128. 10.5946/ce.2022.051.

Chronic Ménétrier disease leading to gastric cancer in youth

• Hirsch BS
• Cardoso SR
• Baba ER
• de Moura DTH
• Gonçalves MEP
• Rocha RSdP
• de Moura EGH

• KMID: 2538761
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2022.051

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Ménétrier disease. (A) Endoscopic findings in forward view. (B) Endoscopic findings in retroflexed view. (C) Histopathological features (hematoxylin and eosin stain, ×10).

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  Fig. 2. Gastric cancer in a Ménétrier disease background. (A) Endoscopic findings in forward view. (B) Endoscopic findings in retroflexed view. (C) The endoscopic biopsy specimen showing gastric adenocarcinoma (hematoxylin and eosin stain, ×250).

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  Fig. 3. Computed tomography of the patient showing gastric cancer in Ménétrier disease.

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  Fig. 4. (A) Gross pathological appearance with gastric adenocarcinoma (arrows). (B) The specimen showing gastric adenocarcinoma (hematoxylin and eosin stain, ×5).

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