Menetrier's disease presenting as an acute protein-losing gastroenteropathy in a 27-year-old man with Gaucher disease.

Objectives: To describe a unique case of a young man with Gaucher disease who was diagnosed with Menetrier's disease.

Background: After an acute episode of severe gastritis, the patient developed hypoalbuminemia and protein-losing gastroenteropathy, and became unwell.

Study: Endoscopy revealed an abnormal stomach, with rigid, thickened folds covered with viscous greyish exudates.

Amyloidosis and gastric bleeding in a patient with Gaucher disease.

Goals: To describe the clinical course of a patient with Gaucher disease who subsequently developed amyloidosis.

Background: We present a case of a splenectomized patient with Gaucher disease who developed portal hypertension secondary to an enlarged, cirrhotic-like liver, and recurrent life-threatening upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Study: Despite repeated diagnostic biopsies, amyloidosis was only ascertained after death.