[Systemic mastocytosis]

Harefuah. 2000 Sep;139(5-6):202-6, 245.
[Article in Hebrew]

Abstract

Mastocytosis has a highly variable clinical expression, and systemic mastocytosis is occasionally associated with a myeloproliferative or a myelodysplastic disorder. These patients often present without skin involvement and have a very poor prognosis. We report a 72-year-old man with this condition who had spells of flushing and dyspnea, myelofibrosis, and high serum and urine histamine levels.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Histamine H2 Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyzine / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Mastocytosis / diagnosis*
  • Mastocytosis / drug therapy
  • Mastocytosis / physiopathology
  • Ranitidine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Histamine H1 Antagonists
  • Histamine H2 Antagonists
  • Hydroxyzine
  • Ranitidine