title: Systemic mastocytosis with skeletal involvement.
abstract: Systemic mastocytosis is a rare disease. The observation of one case characterized by clinical and radiographic bone involvement encouraged the authors to review the literature on the subject. The classification and most recent pathogenetic hypotheses correlated with various radiographic pictures, the different histological aspects, and most frequent differential diagnoses are reported.
authors.affiliation: 1a Clinica Ortopedica dell'Università, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casadei
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Cristofaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferruzzi
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008415:Mastocytosis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging