Menetrierdisease

Japanese: Ménétrier disease(英語表記)Menetrierdisease
Menetrierdisease

…When the gastric mucosa thickens, the folds it creates become thicker. This condition is called giant folds, and it is difficult to distinguish it from gastric cancer. A rare disease, Ménétrier disease, is a very severe form of this condition, and was reported by the French physician P. Ménétrier (1859-1935).
[Nervous gastritis]
Indefinite discomfort such as a heavy feeling in the stomach, a heavy feeling, burping, or heartburn is called vague upper abdominal symptoms.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ménétrier disease" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…胃粘膜が厚くなると粘膜が作るひだが太くなるが,この状態を巨大皺襞(しゆうへき)(〈ひだ〉のこと)といい,胃癌との鑑別が問題になる。まれな病気であるが,これが非常に著しくなったのがメネトリエ病Ménétrier diseaseで,フランスの医師メネトリエP.Ménétrier(1859‐1935)によって報告された。
[神経性胃炎]
 胃部のもたれ感,重圧感,げっぷ,胸焼けなどのつかみどころのない不快感を上腹部不定愁訴と呼ぶ。…

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