Skin lesions due to abnormal infiltration of MAST CELLS. Cutaneous mastocytosis is confined to the skin without the involvement of other tissues or organs, and is mostly found in children. The three major variants are: URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA; diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis; and SOLITARY MASTOCYTOMA OF SKIN.

Annotation

MACULOPAPULAR CUTANEOUS MASTOCYTOSIS see URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA is also available

makulopapulární kožní mastocytóza viz též URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA

DUI

D034701 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0405914

Previous indexing

Urticaria Pigmentosa (1965-2002)

History note

2003; for MASTOCYTOSIS, BULLOUS use URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA 1987-2002; for MASTOCYTOSIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS use URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA 1987-2002

Public note

2003; for MASTOCYTOSIS, BULLOUS see URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA 1987-2002; for MASTOCYTOSIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS see URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA 1987-2002