Neoplastic Process
skin mastocytoma
Subclass of:
Cutaneous Mastocytosis;
Benign Mastocytoma
Definitions related to skin mastocytoma:
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(mastocytoma, skin) A variant of cutaneous mastocytosis which occurs as a single lesion usually in infants. It is found mostly in the wrist and trunk and there is no atypical cytomorphology.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(cutaneous mastocytoma) Cutaneous mastocytoma is a form of cutaneous mastocytosis (CM, see this term) generally characterized by the presence of a solitary or multiple hyperpigmented macules, plaques or nodules associated with abnormal accumulation of mast cells in the skin.OrphaNetINSERM, 2021
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