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[Mastocyte osteoporosis].
- Source :
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Revue du rhumatisme et des maladies osteo-articulaires [Rev Rhum Mal Osteoartic] 1979 Jan; Vol. 46 (1), pp. 29-35. - Publication Year :
- 1979
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Abstract
- We present five cases of severe osteoporosis accompanied by a skin and/or bone mastocytosis. The rarity of mastocytosis demonstrates that these cases are not the result of simple coincidence, especially since none of them involves other general of phospho-calcium anomalies that could explain the demineralization. The latter is accompanied by a high level of histaminemia or histaminuria, a non-specific anomaly. Mastocyte osteoporosis involves a great many unknown factors on the physiopathological level, but in practice it is necessary to look for a mastocytosis when confronted with a severe osteoporosis that appears to be primary. Cytostatic treatment (chlorambucil, cyclophosphamide) seems capable of improving the evolution of the bone disease.
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 0035-2659
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revue du rhumatisme et des maladies osteo-articulaires
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 441665