1. Protein-losing gastropathy associated with cytomegalovirus in two sisters - Case reports and review of the literature
- Author
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Camille Jung, S. Verlhac, H. Hagège, Fouad Madhi, C. Tard, and Ralph Epaud
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Abdominal pain ,Congenital cytomegalovirus infection ,Gastroenterology ,Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal ,03 medical and health sciences ,Hypoproteinemia ,0302 clinical medicine ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,030225 pediatrics ,Internal medicine ,Edema ,medicine ,Humans ,Hypoalbuminemia ,Child ,Gastritis, Hypertrophic ,business.industry ,Siblings ,medicine.disease ,Ménétrier's disease ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Cytomegalovirus Infections ,Vomiting ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Nephrotic syndrome - Abstract
Menetrier's disease is a protein-losing gastropathy that is uncommon in childhood. Its symptoms are unspecific, with abdominal pain, vomiting, and edema. Blood tests show hypoproteinemia and hypoalbuminemia, and upper digestive endoscopy reveals giant gastric folds. In children, cytomegalovirus has been identified as a possible cause. Here we describe two sisters presenting with Menetrier's disease, 2 years apart. This diagnosis should be considered in the presence of hypoalbuminemia in children when a nephrotic syndrome is excluded.
- Published
- 2018