title: [Mastocytosis].
abstract: Mastocytosis is one of the eight subcategories of the myeloproliferative neoplasms of the classification of lymphoid and hematopoietic tissues' tumors of 2008 of World Health Organization; it is an heterogeneous group of myeloproliferative diseases characterized by the excessive proliferation of atypical mastocytes in morphological and immunophenotype terms, besides the cumulus of these cells in one or several organs or tissues, including skin, bone marrow, liver, spleen and lymph nodes.
authors.affiliation: Centro Regional de Alergología e Inmunología Clínica, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. drsamuelpalma@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sandra Nora
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: González-Díaz
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palma-Gómez
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Vanzzini
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arias-Cruz
keywords: Classification; Diagnosis; Mastocytosis; Treatment