Multiple vertebral fractures as the first manifestation of systemic mastocytosis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Systemic mastocytosis is a clonal disease of the mast cell progenitors of the bone marrow. The clinical picture varies from asymptomatic (indolent) to highly aggressive (mast cell leukemia). Up to one-third of patients with SM have osteoporosis and fractures. The following is an analysis of the case of a young patient with multiple fractures as the first manifestation of SM.
Medical subject headings
- Mastocytosis, Systemic
- Osteoporotic Fractures
- Spinal Fractures