Allergy & Immunology

Mast Cell Disorders

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Do you recommend patients try antihistamines such as oral ketotifen that are not approved in the US but are approved in the EU for MCAS if currently available formulations have not been effective?

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Does a patient with known systemic mastocytosis need a bone biopsy of lytic vertebral lesions to rule out other etiologies?

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Is there any role for immunosuppressive/immunomodulatory therapy used off label for mast cell activation syndrome besides omalizumab?

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Are you requiring markers other than LTE4 to be elevated to diagnose MCAS?

There has been new data to suggest LTE4 is not the best urinary marker of mast cell activation, so are you requiring other markers to be elevated to d...

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Do you favor 24 hour urinary metabolites over random urine collection when screening for MCAS?

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Do you diagnose MCAS if a patient is concurrently on drugs known to cause non-specific mast cell degranulation?

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Papers discussed in this category

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2022 Mar 26

Nontryptase Urinary and Hematologic Biomarkers of Mast Cell Expansion and Mast Cell Activation: Status 2022.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2022 Mar 25

Personalized Management Strategies in Mast Cell Disorders: ECNM-AIM User's Guide for Daily Clinical Practice.

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Mast Cell Disorders

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