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Hi, my 12-year-old patient has skin lesions with brownish-red papules, and a bone marrow examination shows cells resembling macrophages. Could this be systemic mastocytosis? What tests can I perform to confirm the diagnosis?Discussions
Dr. Agha Syed Muhammad
Medical Gastroenterologist
Systemic mastocytosis will present with some symptoms like diarrhoea, urticaria, angioedema etc, cutaneous mastocytosis is more common than systemic mastocytosis , Please refer to WHO criteria for systemic mastocytosis if you have high index of suspicion.
Tests : serum tryptase levels , bone marrow (already done in this case ) ,special stains & immunohistochemistry
Medical Gastroenterologist
Systemic mastocytosis will present with some symptoms like diarrhoea, urticaria, angioedema etc, cutaneous mastocytosis is more common than systemic mastocytosis , Please refer to WHO criteria for systemic mastocytosis if you have high index of suspicion.
Tests : serum tryptase levels , bone marrow (already done in this case ) ,special stains & immunohistochemistry
12.Jan, 05:15pm
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