Cutaneous mastocytosis associated with a mixed germ cell tumour of the ovary: report of a case and review of the literature.
A 10-year-old girl with a mixed germ cell tumour of the ovary, treated by surgery and chemotherapy, developed cutaneous mastocytosis approximately 8 months after starting chemotherapy. This is the sixth report of a germ cell tumour associated with mastocytosis. c-kit receptor point mutations, including Asp816Val and Val560Gly were absent in a biopsy specimen obtained from lesional skin.
Miyagawa
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Department of Dermatology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara City, Nara 634-8522, Japan. sachikom@naramed-u.ac.jp
Hirota
S
S
Park
Y D
YD
Yamasaki
M
M
Daikoku
N
N
Morikawa
H
H
Yoshioka
A
A
Kitamura
Y
Y
Ichijima
K
K
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018237:Germinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008415:Mastocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000235:genetics
D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit