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PURPOSE Compare imaging features of indolent and non-indolent mastocytosis. METHODS For 29 patients, imaging features, imaging indications, and distribution of indolent and non-indolent mastocytosis subtypes were analyzed. RESULTS 16/29 (55%)… Click to show full abstract
PURPOSE Compare imaging features of indolent and non-indolent mastocytosis. METHODS For 29 patients, imaging features, imaging indications, and distribution of indolent and non-indolent mastocytosis subtypes were analyzed. RESULTS 16/29 (55%) patients had three distinct patterns of osseous abnormality, not significantly differing between cohorts. Non-indolent disease was more likely to present with hepatomegaly (p=0.0004), splenomegaly (p=0.0097), and lymphadenopathy (p=0.0079). CT, was the most common initial imaging modality, ordered to stage disease in 20 of 29 patients (69%). CONCLUSION Understanding patterns of involvement of indolent and nonindolent mastocytosis across modalities could assist radiologists in evaluating mastocytosis.
Journal Title: Clinical imaging
Year Published: 2017
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