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SUBMITTER: Huang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5072932 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Lanshan L Wang Sa A SA Konoplev Sergej S Bueso-Ramos Carlos E CE Thakral Beenu B Miranda Roberto N RN Jabbour Elias E Medeiros L Jeffrey LJ Kanagal-Shamanna Rashmi R
Medicine 20161001 41
<h4>Introduction</h4>Well-differentiated systemic mastocytosis (WDSM) is a rare, recently recognized provisional subvariant of systemic mastocytosis (SM). We report a case of WDSM that showed excellent clinical and cutaneous response to imatinib in the absence of known molecular genetic abnormalities.<h4>Clinical findings/diagnoses</h4>We present a 24-year-old woman with childhood onset of skin manifestations that progressed to mediator-related systemic events, and a gastrointestinal tract masto ...[more]