Case Report
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World J Clin Cases. Aug 16, 2021; 9(23): 6943-6949
Published online Aug 16, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i23.6943
Menetrier’s disease and differential diagnosis: A case report
Hou-Hong Wang, Can-Can Zhao, Xiao-Lei Wang, Ze-Nong Cheng, Zong-Yu Xie
Hou-Hong Wang, Department of Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233004, Anhui Province, China
Can-Can Zhao, Xiao-Lei Wang, Ze-Nong Cheng, Zong-Yu Xie, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233004, Anhui Province, China
Ze-Nong Cheng, Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233004, Anhui Province, China
Author contributions: Wang HH and Xie ZY contributed to the conceptualization; Wang HH and Zhao CC contributed to methodology; Xie ZY contributed to the formal analysis and data curation; Wang XL contributed to the writing—original draft preparation; Wang HH and Cheng ZN contributed to supervision; all authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Supported by Zhejiang Province Medicine and Health Science and Technology Project, No. 2017178699; Zhejiang Province Medicine and Health Science and Technology Project, No. 2018255136; and Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, No. Y19H030056.
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Corresponding author: Zong-Yu Xie, MD, Chief Doctor, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, No. 287 Changhuai Road, Bengbu 233004, Anhui Province, China. zongyuxie@sina.com
Received: May 7, 2021
Peer-review started: May 7, 2021
First decision: June 6, 2021
Revised: June 6, 2021
Accepted: July 2, 2021
Article in press: July 2, 2021
Published online: August 16, 2021
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Giant hypertrophy of the gastric mucosa is a proliferative gastric disease that was first discovered by French pathologist Pierre Ménétrier in an autopsy and reported in 1888, and was named Ménétrier disease.