OBJECTIVE: To report a case of Ménétrier's disease in a girl. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 10-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with a 3-day history of vomiting, diarrhea, intermittent distension and abdominal pain. Appendicitis was suspected, and patient had a laparotomy which showed only ascites and mesenteric adenomegaly. Generalized edema, ascites and right pleural effusion evolved after the surgery. Menetrier’s disease was diagnosed by laboratorial exams and clinical evolution. COMMENTS: Clinical aspects and the increased fecal alpha-1-antitrypsin associated to gastric mucosa of fundic type with moderate level of hyperplasia of lumina and foveola epithelium and serioscopy with hypertrophy of the plica of gastric mucosa confirmed Ménétrier's disease.
child; gastritis; hypertrophic; ascites; edema; hypoproteinemia