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Mast cell leukemia classification

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nawal Muazam M.D.[2],Sogand Goudarzi, MD [3]

Overview

Overview

Mast cell leukemia may be classified into two categories based on prognosis to leukemic and aleukemic. Also, it can be classified to acute or chronic according to the duration of the symptoms.

Classification

Classification

1.Cutaneous mastocytosis (CM)

2.Systemic mastocytosis

3.Mast cell sarcoma (MCS)


  • Mast cell leukemia may be classified into two categories based on prognosis:[3]
  • Based on the duration of symptoms, mast cell leukemia may be classified into:[1]
References

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Savini, P.; Rondoni, M.; Poletti, G.; Lanzi, A.; Quercia, O.; Soverini, S.; De Benedittis, C.; Musardo, G.; Martinelli, G.; Stefanini, G. F. (2015). “Serum Total Tryptase Level Confirms Itself as a More Reliable Marker of Mast Cells Burden in Mast Cell Leukaemia (Aleukaemic Variant)”. Case Reports in Hematology. 2015: 1–4. doi:10.1155/2015/737302. ISSN 2090-6560.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Arber, D. A.; Orazi, A.; Hasserjian, R.; Thiele, J.; Borowitz, M. J.; Le Beau, M. M.; Bloomfield, C. D.; Cazzola, M.; Vardiman, J. W. (2016). “The 2016 revision to the World Health Organization classification of myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemia”. Blood. 127 (20): 2391–2405. doi:10.1182/blood-2016-03-643544. ISSN 0006-4971.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Georgin-Lavialle, S.; Lhermitte, L.; Dubreuil, P.; Chandesris, M.-O.; Hermine, O.; Damaj, G. (2012). “Mast cell leukemia”. Blood. 121 (8): 1285–1295. doi:10.1182/blood-2012-07-442400. ISSN 0006-4971.

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