1. Mastocitosis cutánea nodular múltiple.
- Author
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Elizabeth Arreola-Jáuregui, Ileana, Enrique Paniagua-Santos, Juan, Huerta-Rivera, Gabriel, Basilio López-Zaldo, Juan, Soria-Orozco, Manuel, Vázquez-Huerta, Minerva, and Gabriel Barrientos-García, Juan more...
- Abstract
Mastocytosis includes a wide spectrum of disorders characterized by mast cell hyperplasia in skin and other organs. Childhood mastocytosis usually has an onset before puberty and is attributed to c-kit alteration. Maculopapular cutaneous mastocytosis and solitary mastocytoma remain the most commonly forms of cutaneous mastocytosis. This paper reports a 15-month Hispanic male with congenital multiple (> 20) nodular mastocytomas. Anecdotal reports have described atypical clinical presentations of multiple mastocytomas; to our knowledge this is the first to report more than 20 nodular mastocytomas in a patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
- Published
- 2019