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Diagnosis is challenging due to its rarity and the need to differentiate from hypertrophic lymphocytic gastritis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, gastric cancer, and lymphoma. We report a young male with Menetrier\u2019s disease presenting as generalized edema due to hypoproteinemia. After a challenging diagnostic process and ineffective medical management, the patient underwent robot-assisted total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostomy, which corrected the hypoproteinemia. He recovered uneventfully and was discharged on postoperative day 12. At 23\u202fmonths post-surgery, he showed no hypoalbuminemia, edema, or related symptoms; body weight and serum albumin remained normal. 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