Braga FS, de Oliviera GA, de Melo AMF, de Assis Barbosa LG, Fraga JVC. Indolent systemic mastocytosis: is there a reliable radiographic pattern?
Pediatr Radiol 2012;
42:1017-20. [PMID:
22281758 DOI:
10.1007/s00247-011-2324-8]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
A 14-year-old boy undergoing treatment for nephrotic syndrome with steroids and cyclosporine presented with small sclerotic bone lesions in a routine chest radiograph. Similar lesions were found in other bones of the axial and appendicular skeleton. Despite the paucity of clinical symptoms and absence of laboratory data suggesting systemic mastocytosis, the diagnosis of an indolent form of this disorder was made based on radiographic signs and confirmed by biopsy.
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