Indolent systemic mastocytosis in a child: A rare and difficult diagnosis

• Main Authors: Yasemin Altuner Torun (Author), Ayse Betul Ergul (Author), Elif Guler Kazancı (Author), Mahmut Can Serbetci (Author), Fatma Mutlu Sarıguzel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mastocytosis is a sporadic disease characterized by an abnormal accumulation of mast cells (MCs) in single or multiple organs. A 5-year-old girl who was diagnosed as cutaneous mastocytosis by our Dermatology Department when she was 4 months of age was admitted to our Pediatric Hematology Department...