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. 2014 Nov-Dec;2(6):813-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2014.07.002. Epub 2014 Aug 29.

Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans or highly vascularized urticaria pigmentosa?

Kelli W Williams  1 , Dean D Metcalfe  2 , Calman Prussin  2 , Melody C Carter  2 , Hirsh D Komarow  3
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Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans or highly vascularized urticaria pigmentosa?

Kelli W Williams et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2014 Nov-Dec.
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TMEP or UP? Three pictures of patients referred with a diagnosis of TMEP but have cutaneous lesions consistent with UP. A) 48 year old male diagnosed with UP and no evidence of systemic mastocytosis; B) 58 year old male with UP and indolent systemic mastocytosis; C) 42 year old female with UP and no evidence of systemic mastocytosis; D) 52 year old female with TMEP, and an elevated tryptase of 36.0 ng/mL. Her bone marrow biopsy shows increased mast cells with > 25% appearing spindle-shaped but no mast cell aggregates. Macular telangiectasia are present.
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