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Overview
Laboratory Findings
- Tryptase which is stored almost exclusively within the secretory granules of mast cells is the most widely used marker of mastocytosis.
- In healthy individuals, serum tryptase levels range between <1 and 15 ng/mL; however, mast cell activation causes increased tryptase levels.
- Additionally, tryptase levels in SM are assumed to correlate closely with the cumulative mast cell burden and multiorgan involvement
- Plasma and urinary histamine
- Chronically elevated plasma and urinary histamine levels and its metabolite N-methylhistamine
- Elevated in a blood sample obtained immediately after attack
- Prostaglandin - D2
- Elevated
References
- ↑ Ozdemir, Didem; Dagdelen, Selcuk; Erbas, Tomris; Agbaht, Kemal; Serefhanoglu, Songul; Aksu, Salih; Ersoy-Evans, Sibel (2010). "Hypotension, Syncope, and Fever in Systemic Mastocytosis without Skin Infiltration and Rapid Response to Corticosteroid and Cyclosporin: A Case Report". Case Reports in Medicine. 2010: 1–4. doi:10.1155/2010/782595. ISSN 1687-9627.