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15.02.2019 | Case Report
Multiple vertebral fractures as the first manifestation of systemic mastocytosis
verfasst von:
Á. Acosta-Mérida, S. Ojeda-Bruno
Erschienen in:
Osteoporosis International
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Ausgabe 5/2019
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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.