2020 Online Salon
Ménétrier’s Disease
Project Details
- Entrant Name: Deniz Kaya
- Membership Type: Student Submission
- Address: Calgary, Alberta Canada
- Client: Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shelley Wall, Content Advisor: Dr. John Wong
- Copyright: 2019 Deniz Kaya
- Medium/software used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Savage Procreate
- Final presentation format: Print, 11″x17″ Spread
- Primary Audience: Educated Lay Audience
Project Description
Ménétrier’s Disease (MD) is a rare disorder of the stomach, where an overproduction of transforming growth factor-alpha causes stem cells to proliferate. In turn, this results in an increase in mucous cells at the expense of cells that break down proteins, as well as enlarged gastric rugae folds. It is challenging for a lay audience to conceptualize how a disease progresses from the cellular level to the gross anatomical level. The primary goal of this illustration is to guide the audience through each main step in MD’s pathogenesis and to clarify the differences between healthy and pathological tissue at each scale.
