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mastocytoma

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mas·to·cy·to·ma (mst-s-tm)
n. pl. mas·to·cy·to·mas or mas·to·cy·to·ma·ta (-m-t)
An accumulation or nodule of mast cells that resembles a tumor.

mastocytoma
[mas′təsītō′mə]
a tumor that contains mast cells.

mastocytoma
see mast cell tumor.

mastocytoma
Pediatrics Urticaria pigmentosa, see there


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Other forms include solitary mastocytoma (a single lesion) and systemic mastocytosis (involvement in organs other than the skin).
Urticaria pigmentosa lies on the benign end of a spectrum of proliferative mast cell disease ranging from a solitary mastocytoma to mast cell leukemia.
 
 
 
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