Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a rare form of mastocytosis that can affect various organ
systems. Bone involvement is the most common and prominent imaging feature in patients …

Background: Mastocytosis is associated with a pathological increase in tissue mast cells.
Associated skeletal problems include a decrease in bone density and pathological fractures …

Results: Overall, patients with more aggressive SM tended to have increasingly abnormal
initial bone scans (p2= 0.0003), although there was a considerable degree of overlap. Of …

A “super scan” pattern detected on bone scintigraphy usually indicates either metabolic
bone disease or diffuse metastases. We report a rare case of a 45-year-old man with …

A 61 year old man with dryness of the eyes and mouth, constitutional and musculoskeletal
symptoms is described. A diagnosis of fibromyalgia with Sjögren's syndrome was made …

Systemic Mastocytosis is a rare condition characterized by the abnormal proliferation of Mast
Cells. Presentation as a solitary vertebral body lesion is extremely uncommon and may be …

DISCUSSION Mast cell progenitors originate in the bone marrow and migrate to connective
tissue, where they complete maturation. 1, 9, 10 Mast cells are found throughout connective …

Osseous Manifestation of Systemic Mastocytosis in a Paediatric Bone Scan: A Case Report -
International Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedics International Journal of Paediatric …

Pyomyositis in children is an uncommon bacterial infection of skeletal muscles which has
more frequently been described in tropical areas, but it is becoming increasingly recognized …

Interruption of blood flow to the skeleton can cause ischemic necrosis (IN), a focal disorder
that disrupts bone and cartilage. Legg‐Calve‐Perthes disease (LCPD), an archetypal form …