CUTANEOUS AND GASTROINTESTINAL MASTOCYTOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL TOXOPLASMOSIS

Authors
KOEPPEL MC ABITAN R ANGELI C LAFON J PELLETIER J SAYAG J
Citation
Mc. Koeppel et al., CUTANEOUS AND GASTROINTESTINAL MASTOCYTOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL TOXOPLASMOSIS, British journal of dermatology, 139(5), 1998, pp. 881-884
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
139
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
881 - 884
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1998)139:5<881:CAGMAW>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A patient with systemic cutaneous and gastrointestinal mastocytosis an d associated meningoencephalitic toxoplasmosis is reported. The simult aneous occurrence of the two conditions and their regression after tre atment of the toxoplasmosis suggest a possible relationship between th e mast cell proliferation and the parasitic infection. Mast cell activ ation and stimulation may be transitory in response to a stimulus, cau sing reactional mastocytosis.