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Respiratory distress and hypoxemia in systemic mastocytosis
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|January 1, 1979
Abstract:
A 25-year-old woman with documented mastocytosis developed hypoxemia with pruritus, diarrhea, headache, and hypotension on two separate occasions. The hypoxemia appeared to be related to a massive release of histamine. Resolution of the patient's symptoms was accompanied by the return of her arterial oxygen tension to normal levels.