title: Cutaneous and gastrointestinal mastocytosis associated with cerebral toxoplasmosis.
abstract: A patient with systemic cutaneous and gastrointestinal mastocytosis and associated meningoencephalitic toxoplasmosis is reported. The simultaneous occurrence of the two conditions and their regression after treatment of the toxoplasmosis suggest a possible relationship between the mast cell proliferation and the parasitic infection. Mast cell activation and stimulation may be transitory in response to a stimulus, causing reactional mastocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Nord, 23 Chemin des Bourrelly, 13 915 Marseille cédex 20, France.mkoeppel@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Koeppel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abitan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Angeli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lafon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sayag
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008415:Mastocytosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000150:complications*