Dermatology

Benign Hematology

Questions discussed in this category

How would you work up a patient with cutaneous mastocytosis?

Is a BM biopsy a must when there is skin involvement? If tryptase level is mildly elevated but less than 20 would you recommend a BM biopsy?

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How would you manage a patient with essential thrombocythemia and persistent pruritus despite adequate control of CBC with hydroxyurea and aspirin?

ET is JAK2+

1 Answer available

Should venous thrombosis in a patient with Behcet syndrome be treated with both immunosuppression and anticoagulation?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Eur J Dermatol,

Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans: a neglected type of mastocytosis with exclusively cutaneous involvement? A case series.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2020 Dec 23

Scoring the Risk of Having Systemic Mastocytosis in Adult Patients with Mastocytosis in the Skin.

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