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Cutaneous and gastrointestinal mastocytosis associated with cerebral toxoplasmosis
M C Koeppel1, R Abitan, C Angeli
1Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Nord, 23 Chemin des Bourrelly, 13 915 Marseille cédex 20, France.mkoeppel@ap-hm.fr
The British Journal of Dermatology
|January 20, 1999
Abstract:
A patient with systemic cutaneous and gastrointestinal mastocytosis and associated meningoencephalitic toxoplasmosis is reported. The simultaneous occurrence of the two conditions and their regression after treatment of the toxoplasmosis suggest a possible relationship between the mast cell proliferation and the parasitic infection. Mast cell activation and stimulation may be transitory in response to a stimulus, causing reactional mastocytosis.