[A telangiectatic clinical variant of mastocytosis]

Six cases of telangiectatic clinical variant of mastocytosis (TMV) are reported. Patients' age varied from 33 to 62, there were 2 men and 4 women. A number of clinical features of TMV were detected in the course of follow-up: a generalized type of the skin process; abundant maculopapular eruptions colored brownish, sometimes with a cyanotic shade, liable to fuse and form diffuse foci of involvement; development of telangiectasias on the surface of these eruptions; symptoms of elevated blood histamin levels, i.e. regular blood congestion, enhanced itching, tachycardia, gastrointestinal events, etc.; systemic mastocytosis (3 of the 6 patients developed lymphadenopathy and hepatomegaly). The detected features of the condition permit considering TMV as an individual clinical variety of mastocytosis.