Open AccessClinicopathological profile of childhood onset cutaneous mastocytosis from a tertiary care center in South India
Author(s) -
Dharshini Sathishkumar,
Abyramy Balasundaram,
Surya Mary Mathew,
Lydia Mathew,
Meera Thomas,
Poonkuzhali Balasubramanian,
Renu George
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/idoj.idoj_924_20
Subject(s) - medicine , systemic mastocytosis , cutaneous mastocytosis , urticaria pigmentosa , dermatology , histopathology , pathology , disease
Mastocytosis is characterized by clonal proliferation of mast cells in various organs and can have isolated cutaneous or systemic involvement. Childhood-onset mastocytosis (COM) is usually cutaneous and regresses spontaneously, while adult-onset mastocytosis (AOM) is often persistent with systemic involvement. There is limited data on COM from India.