title: Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans.
abstract: A 45-year-old man presented with lesions clinically and histologically consistent with telangiectasis macularis eruptiva perstans (TMEP). TMEP is a rare form of mastocytosis, which is localized to the skin, although systemic involvement has been reported. A mutation in the c-kit proto-oncogene is thought to be involved in mast cell hyperplasia in some patients with mastocytosis. Treatment depends on the presence of systemic involvement or clinical symptoms. In case reports, therapeutic benefit has been reported in TMEP with the use of the 585-flashlamp pumped dye lasers and of electron beam radiation.
authors.affiliation: Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University, USA.
authors.forename: Nathalie Q
authors.initials: NQ
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000473:pathology*