EARLY GASTRIC-CANCER IN A PATIENT WITH MENETRIERS DISEASE, LYMPHOCYTIC GASTRITIS AND HELICOBACTER-PYLORI

Objective: To describe a patient with early gastric cancer, Menetrier' s disease, lymphocytic gastritis and Helicobacter pylori infection. De sign: A single patient case report. Patient: A 73-year-old man present ing with lower limb deep venous thrombosis was found to have a gastric adenocarcinoma on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. He subsequently h ad a total gastrectomy. Results: Histological examination of the resec ted stomach showed an early gastric cancer and changes typical of Mene trier's disease, lymphocytic gastritis and Helicobacter-associated chr onic gastritis. Conclusion: This case suggests a link between gastric adenocarcinoma, Menetrier's disease and lymphocytic gastritis. The pre sence of H. pylori is postulated as a possible aetiology.