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F Kalz

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PubMed1975

Mastocytosis: unusual manifestation; clinical and radiologic changes.

Two patients with mast cell disease presented with unusual features. In one the absence of skin lesions made the diagnositic problem a challenging one. Certain of the laboratory findings, especially those related to the serum cholesterol concentration and platelet function tests, were particularyl interesting. Chemotherapy induced partial remission. The second patient had a long, relatively benign course complicated by two episodes of herpes zoster, the last being associated with the Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome. In both patients the skeletal abnormalities were radiologically similar. When these are present they should be considereed sufficiently characteristic to indicate strongly a diagnosis of mastocytosis.

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PubMed1975

Generalized mastocytosis, relapsing herpes zoster and polyradiculoneuritis.

A 68-year-old woman suffering from a longstanding urticaria pigmentosa with mast cell infiltrations in bones had two attacks of herpes zoster. The second herpes zoster attack was followed by a severe polyradiculoneuritis (Guillain-Barré syndrome). The sequence of events suggests an immunological deficiency.

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