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Adult-onset mastocytosis in the skin is highly suggestive of systemic mastocytosis.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Jan 2014
Berezowska Sabina, Flaig Michael J, Ruëff Franziska, Walz Christoph, Haferlach Torsten, Krokowski Manuela, Kerler Roswitha, Petat-Dutter Karina, Horny Hans-Peter, Sotlar Karl
Abstract excerpt
Adult-onset urticaria pigmentosa/mastocytosis in the skin almost always persists throughout life. The prevalence of systemic mastocytosis in such patients is not precisely known. Bone marrow biopsies from 59 patients with mastocytosis in the skin and all available skin biopsies (n=27) were subjected to a meticulous cytological, histological, immunohistochemical, and molecular analysis for the presence of...
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