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Parietal cell carcinoma of the stomach and Ménétrier's disease
A J Barbosa1, A M Nogueira, V H Leite
1Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
Arquivos De Gastroenterologia
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
A case of gastric parietal cell carcinoma, a newly recognized entity, associated with Ménétrier's disease, is presented. The tumor presented a excavated ulcer 6 x 6 cm in diameter surrounding the cardiac region. Metastasis in the greater curvature and epiploon++ lymph nodes were identified. The mucosa of gastric body and fundus showed large thickened tortuous folds and the histological pattern of Ménétrier's disease.