Ménétrier disease
ORPHA:2494· ICD-10 K29.6
Definition
Ménétrier disease (MD) is a rare premalignant hyperproliferative gastropathy characterized by massive overgrowth of foveolar cells in the gastric lining, resulting in large gastric folds, and manifesting with epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, peripheral edema and, less commonly, anorexia and weight loss.
- Prevalence
- Unknown
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant, Not applicable, Unknown
- Age of onset
- Adolescent, Adult, Childhood