Giant folds - Giant folds

Japanese: 巨大皺襞 - きょだいしゅうへき
Giant folds - Giant folds

…On the other hand, when stomach-specific cells proliferate and the stomach mucosa thickens, it is called hypertrophic gastritis. When the stomach mucosa thickens, the folds it creates become thicker, a condition called giant folds, and differentiating it from stomach cancer can be problematic. A rare disease, Ménétrier disease, is a very severe form of this condition, reported by the French physician P. Ménétrier (1859-1935). …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "giant folds" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…逆に胃固有の細胞が増殖して胃粘膜が厚くなった状態を肥厚性胃炎hypertrophic gastritisと呼ぶ。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。…

※「巨大皺襞」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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