Mast cell leukemia history and symptoms

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

History and symptoms

Patients with mast cell leukemia should be have a positive history of systemic mastocytosis.^[1]

Common symptoms of mast cell leukemia include:^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Bauer, James; Longo, Walter; Yang, David (2017). “Mast Cell Leukemia: Review of a Rare Disease and Case Report of Prolonged Survival after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant”. Human Pathology: Case Reports. 10: 46–49. doi:10.1016/j.ehpc.2017.05.003. ISSN 2214-3300.
↑ Joris, Magalie; Georgin-Lavialle, Sophie; Chandesris, Marie-Olivia; Lhermitte, Ludovic; Claisse, Jean-François; Canioni, Danielle; Hanssens, Katia; Damaj, Gandhi; Hermine, Olivier; Hamidou, Mohammed (2012). “Mast Cell Leukaemia: c-KIT Mutations Are Not Always Positive”. Case Reports in Hematology. 2012: 1–6. doi:10.1155/2012/517546. ISSN 2090-6560.
↑ 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.

Overview