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Hartmann K, Escribano L, Grattan C, Brockow K, Carter MC, Alvarez-Twose I, Matito A, Broesby-Olsen S, Siebenhaar F, Lange M, Niedoszytko M, Castells M, Oude Elberink JNG, Bonadonna P, Zanotti R, Hornick JL, Torrelo A, Grabbe J, Rabenhorst A, Nedoszytko B, Butterfield JH, Gotlib J, Reiter A, Radia D, Hermine O, Sotlar K, George TI, Kristensen TK, Kluin-Nelemans HC, Yavuz S, Hägglund H, Sperr WR, Schwartz LB, Triggiani M, Maurer M, Nilsson G, Horny HP, Arock M, Orfao A, Metcalfe DD, Akin C, Valent P. Cutaneous manifestations in patients with mastocytosis: Consensus report of the European Competence Network on Mastocytosis; the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; and the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2015; 137:35-45. [PMID: 26476479 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Revised: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Cutaneous lesions in patients with mastocytosis are highly heterogeneous and encompass localized and disseminated forms. Although a classification and criteria for cutaneous mastocytosis (CM) have been proposed, there remains a need to better define subforms of cutaneous manifestations in patients with mastocytosis. To address this unmet need, an international task force involving experts from different organizations (including the European Competence Network on Mastocytosis; the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; and the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology) met several times between 2010 and 2014 to discuss the classification and criteria for diagnosis of cutaneous manifestations in patients with mastocytosis. This article provides the major outcomes of these meetings and a proposal for a revised definition and criteria. In particular, we recommend that the typical maculopapular cutaneous lesions (urticaria pigmentosa) should be subdivided into 2 variants, namely a monomorphic variant with small maculopapular lesions, which is typically seen in adult patients, and a polymorphic variant with larger lesions of variable size and shape, which is typically seen in pediatric patients. Clinical observations suggest that the monomorphic variant, if it develops in children, often persists into adulthood, whereas the polymorphic variant may resolve around puberty. This delineation might have important prognostic implications, and its implementation in diagnostic algorithms and future mastocytosis classifications is recommended. Refinements are also suggested for the diagnostic criteria of CM, removal of telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans from the current classification of CM, and removal of the adjunct solitary from the term solitary mastocytoma.
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- Karin Hartmann
- Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Department of Dermatology, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany.
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- Servicio Central de Citometria (NUCLEUS), Centro de Investigacion del Cancer (IBMCC; CSIC/USAL) and Department of Medicine and IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Instituto de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha (CLMast), Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- Instituto de Estudios de Mastocitosis de Castilla La Mancha (CLMast), Hospital Virgen del Valle, Toledo, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Interdisciplinary Mastocytosis Center Charité, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Allergology, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center of Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital del Nino Jesus, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif
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- III. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Guys Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Hematology, National Reference Center of Mastocytosis, INSERM U1163, CNRS ERL8564, Imagine Institute, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne, Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Institute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Hematology Center Karolinska, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology & Hemostaseology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Richmond, Va
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Interdisciplinary Mastocytosis Center Charité, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Molecular Oncology and Pharmacology, LBPA CNRS UMR8113, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Cachan, France
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- Servicio Central de Citometria (NUCLEUS), Centro de Investigacion del Cancer (IBMCC; CSIC/USAL) and Department of Medicine and IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology & Hemostaseology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Pardanani A, Akin C, Valent P. Pathogenesis, clinical features, and treatment advances in mastocytosis. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2006; 19:595-615. [PMID: 16781490 DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2005.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is characterized by the abnormal growth and accumulation of mast cells (MC) in one or more organs. The interaction between the cytokine stem cell factor (SCF) and its cognate receptor, the c-kit receptor tyrosine kinase (KIT), plays a central role in regulating MC growth and differentiation. Whereas germline and somatically acquired activating mutations of KIT have been identified in SM, the issue as to whether individual KIT mutation(s) are necessary and sufficient to cause MC transformation remains unclear based on currently available data. Activating mutations of platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (FIP1 L1-PDGFRA) are identified in a significant number of SM cases that have associated eosinophilia. To date, as with gastrointestinal stromal tumors, activating mutations of KIT and PDGFRA appear to be alternative and mutually exclusive genetic events in SM. The World Health Organization has specified criteria for classification of SM into six major subtypes: cutaneous mastocytosis, indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM), systemic mastocytosis with an associated clonal hematological non-mast-cell disorder (SM-AHNMD), aggressive systemic mastocytosis (ASM), mast cell leukemia, and mast cell sarcoma. The ability to molecularly classify individual SM cases based on the presence or absence of specific mutations allows for molecularly targeted therapy in a growing number of cases. Imatinib mesylate therapy might result in complete remission of SM cases with wild-type KIT, certain KIT mutations, such as F522C, or the FIP1L1-PDGFRA fusion gene, but not of D816V-KIT-bearing SM. For the latter, interferon-alpha and 2-CdA are potential first- and second-line therapeutic options. Other drugs under investigation include novel tyrosine kinase inhibitors, as well as NF-kappaB inhibitors, which might display greater selectivity towards D816V-KIT as compared to wild type KIT. The pathogenesis of mastocytosis, its major clinical subtypes, and recent treatment advances are discussed in this chapter.
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- A Pardanani
- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Building W10A, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Mastocytosis is a rare disease characterized by a primary pathological increase in mast cells in different tissues, which may present in a variety of clinical patterns. Major advances have been made in recent years in the understanding of the pathogenesis of mastocytosis. This review is aimed at familiarizing dermatologists with these recent findings, and at exploring their possible implications for the diagnosis and treatment of the condition. The heterogeneous clinical presentation of mastocytosis is detailed with respect to the type of skin lesions, age at onset, family history, organ systems involved, associated haematological disorders and prognosis. Recent genetic findings also indicate different pathogenetic forms of mastocytosis, as adult patients and those with associated haematological diseases usually express activating mutations of the stem cell factor receptor c-kit, whereas most cases of childhood-onset and familial mastocytosis seem to lack these mutations. Despite the presence of c-kit mutations, patients with cutaneous lesions generally have a good prognosis, even when there is involvement of other organs. Some patients, particularly those with childhood-onset disease, experience spontaneous remission, mostly by puberty. c-kit mutations do not explain the initial cause of mastocytosis, and their prognostic significance is as yet unclarified, as is the pathogenesis in patients without the mutations. Furthermore, these novel findings have as yet not resulted in a more effective treatment of the cause of the disease, so that counselling, prevention of exposure to mast cell secretory stimuli, and symptomatic treatment remain the mainstays of current patient management.
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- K Hartmann
- Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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