title: [Vertebral osteoporosis manifesting systemic mastocytosis].
abstract: A case of systemic mastocytosis in a 33-year-old man, with multiple spine fractures caused by severe osteoporosis, is presented. The diagnosis could only be established three years after the initial symptoms, when the patient developed skin eruption. Skin and bone biopsy, as well as histamine dosage, confirmed the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Universitaire Saint-Pierre, Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Luciani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capront
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014582:Urticaria Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Ostéoporose vertébrale révélatrice d'une mastocytose systémique.