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[Long-term therapy of Ménétrier disease using ranitidine and pirenzepine]
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 08.06.1991
Meyenberger Christa, Altorfer J, Münch R, Muller A, Ammann R
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A 22-year-old woman with hypertrophic protein-losing gastropathy (Ménétrier's disease) is described. During treatment with ranitidine (Zantic) and pirenzepine (Gastrozepin) the gastric mucosa and protein loss were normalized within 4 years. Clinical and histological remission has now been observed for 5 and 3 years respectively. In a 57-year-old woman with hypertrophic gastropathy, 8 months' treatment with ranitidine and pirenzepine was associated with decrease in protein loss and improvement of the histological appearance of the gastric mucosa after one year. Long-term treatment of hypertrophic gastropathy with ranitidine and/or pirenzepine should, therefore, be considered in such cases instead of gastrectomy.