ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2008
Cytomegalovirus-associated protein-losing gastropathy in childhood.
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- Clinical and Radiological Features of Menetrier's Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Cureus · 2023Article
- Clinical Manifestation of Cytomegalovirus-Associated Protein-Losing Enteropathy in Children.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Global burden of gastric cancer: epidemiological trends, risk factors, screening and prevention.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2023Review
- Intracholecystic papillary neoplasm of the gallbladder diagnosed during follow-up of Menetrier's disease: A case report.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2021Article
- Menetrier disease and Cytomegalovirus infection in paediatric age: report of three cases and a review of the literature.European journal of pediatrics · 2021Review
- Diagnosis and Management of Ménétrier Disease in Children: A Case Series Review.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2021Article
- Ménétrier's disease in childhood: a case report from China.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
- An Unusual Presentation of Cytomegalovirus Infection: Generalized Edema.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2020Article
- Menetrier's disease (protein-losing gastropathy) in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.International journal of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2019Article
- Ménétrier's disease presenting as recurrent unprovoked venous thrombosis: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2019Article
- Ménétrier's Disease as a Gastrointestinal Manifestation of Active Cytomegalovirus Infection in a 22-Month-Old Boy: A Case Report with a Review of the Literature of Korean Pediatric Cases.Clinical endoscopy · 2018Article
- Cytomegalovirus related fatal duodenal diverticular bleeding: Case report and literature review.World journal of gastroenterology · 2016Review
- Co-Infection with Cytomegalovirus and Helicobacter pylori in a Child with Ménétrier's Disease.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2013Article
- A case of Ménétrier's disease localized to the gastric antrum without helicobacter infection or hypoalbuminemia.International journal of surgery case reports · 2013Article
- Protein-losing gastropathy associated with cytomegalovirus infection in a child.BMJ case reports · 2012Article
- Atypical Clinical and Diagnostic Features in Ménétrier's Disease in a Child.Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine · 2011Article
- Clinical practice. Protein-losing enteropathy in children.European journal of pediatrics · 2010Review
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Abstract
Menetrier's disease is an uncommon disease in childhood, characterized by gastric hypertrophy and hypoalbuminemia secondary to protein loss through the gastric mucosa. This paper describes a series report of protein-losing gastropathy associated with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in children and reviews the literature. We reviewed the medical records of eight children with diagnosis of Menetrier's disease or protein-losing gastropathy with evidence of acute CMV infection. During a five-year period there were eight children that were diagnosed with CMV-associated protein-losing gastropathy, all in one medium-sized pediatric ward in a general hospital. The mean age was 32 months and there was no gender predominance. The most common presenting symptoms were vomiting and edema. Average symptoms' duration prior to admission was 3.2 weeks and mean albumin at presentation was 1.8 g/dl (range, 1.5-2.5 g/dl; normal values, 3.5-5 g/dl). All eight children fully recovered. In conclusion, CMV infection should be suspected in every child who presents with protein-losing gastropathy. The availability of newer, rapid diagnostic techniques such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) may facilitate diagnosis, as serology studies may be misleading. Usually, only supportive care is required, but treatment with ganciclovir may be considered for severe or prolonged cases.
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