Abstract
SINCE diffuse gastric polyposis was first classified by Menetrier1 in 1888, over 125 cases have been reported.2 3 4 5 6 7 Other cases in the literature are described under the heading of "giant hypertrophic gastritis,"8 9 10 11 12 which has been suggested as being synonymous with the second group of cases discussed by Menetrier — the rarer type, polyadenome en nappe. The case reported below belongs in this classification. Although it is a benign disease there are reports of associated cancer in 51 per cent of cases,5 and the more recent reports therefore advocate total gastrectomy. All observers confirm the difficulty that both the radiologist and . . .
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