What is Cutaneous mastocytosis?

What is Cutaneous mastocytosis?

• Cutaneous mastocytosis: Skin mastocytosis.

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Cutaneous mastocytosis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Cutaneous mastocytosis: Introduction

Types of Cutaneous mastocytosis:

Broader types of Cutaneous mastocytosis:

• Mastocytosis
• Skin conditions
• more types...»

How many people get Cutaneous mastocytosis?

Prevalance of Cutaneous mastocytosis: rare
Prevalance of Cutaneous mastocytosis: mastocytosis generally has been considered to be an "orphan disease." (Orphan diseases affect 200,000 or fewer people in the United States.) (Source: excerpt from Mastocytosis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

What are the symptoms of Cutaneous mastocytosis?

Symptoms of Cutaneous mastocytosis: see symptoms of Cutaneous mastocytosis

Cutaneous mastocytosis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Cutaneous mastocytosis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Cutaneous mastocytosis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Cutaneous mastocytosis: see treatments for Cutaneous mastocytosis
Research for Cutaneous mastocytosis: see research for Cutaneous mastocytosis

Organs Affected by Cutaneous mastocytosis:

Organs and body systems related to Cutaneous mastocytosis include:

• Skin

Name and Aliases of Cutaneous mastocytosis

Main name of condition: Cutaneous mastocytosis

urticaria pigmentosa, UP, infantile mastocytosis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Cutaneous mastocytosis:

• Mast cell leukemia
• Mast cell lymphoma
• Anaphylaxis
• Malabsorption
• Bronchitis
• Rhinitis
• Conjunctivitis
• Urticaria pigmentosa

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