Systemic mastocytosis with review of gastrointestinal manifestations
Fishman, R.S.; Fleming, C.R.; Li, C.Y.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings 54(1): 51-54
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-6196 PMID: 759738 Document Number: 139818
A 63-year-old man presented with fever, splenomegaly, steatorrhea, diarrhea, and weight loss. A tissue diagnosis of systemic mastocytosis was made. This case is unusual in that diarrhea and steatorrhea were present in the absence of skin lesions and because fever was a prominent symptom. Thus, systemic mastocytosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of intestinal malabsorption even when the skin shows no abnormalities. The gastrointestinal manifestations of systemic mastocytosis are reviewed.