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A Case of Giant Gastric Folds with Hypoalbuminemia Healed by Helicobacter pylori Eradication
Author(s) -
SHIMOYAMA Tadashi,
FUKUDA Shinsaku,
MIKAMI Tatsuya,
MUNAKATA Akihiro,
YOSHIDA Yutaka,
KAMATA Yoshimasa
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.1995.tb00160.x
Subject(s) - hypoalbuminemia , medicine , helicobacter pylori , gastroenterology , clarithromycin , stomach , pathology
A 66‐year‐old man with hypoalbuminemia was found to have diffuse giant mucosal folds in the body of the stomach. Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) status was evaluated by several examinations, all of which showed positive results. To eradicate H pylori , he was treated with clarithromycin (200mg b. i. d.), lansoprazole (30mg q. d.) and plaunotol (80mg t. i. d.). By two weeks, the serum albumin concentration had risen to 3.4g per dl. Four weeks after finishing clarithromycin therapy, endoscopy was repeated and H pylori status was evaluated as before. All examinations showed negative results and the giant mucosal folds had improved markedly. Before treatment, histological specimens showed irregular elongation of pits with inflammatory infiltrates. After treatment, the architecture of pits returned to its normal form with decreased inflammatory infiltrates. In this case, giant gastric folds and hypoalbuminemia were improved by H pylori eradication, suggesting that H pylori infection may play a role in the giant gastric folds associated with hypoalbuminemia.