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Diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis in an infant
oleh: Sitangshu Chatterjee, Satarupa Mukherjee, Malay Kumar Sinha
Format: | Article |
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Diterbitkan: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Mastocytosis is a group of a disorder characterized by infiltration of mast cell in various organs, e.g. skin, bone marrow, liver, spleen, gastrointestinal tract, lymph node, etc., The term bullous mastocytosis is generally used to describe the varieties of mastocytosis manifested with predominantly cutaneous vesico-bullous lesions and the more commonly represents the diffuse cutaneous form. We report a case of diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis (bullous mastocytosis) in a 6-month-old child.