PMID: 7541189Jan 1, 1995Paper

Phenotypic characterization of skin lesions in urticaria pigmentosa and mastocytomas

Archives of Dermatological Research
N HaasB M Czarnetzki

Abstract

In order to identify possible cellular abnormalities in human mastocytosis, sections from 13 urticaria pigmentosa lesions and 5 mastocytomas were compared with 5 normal skin specimens using histochemical, enzyme histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques. All toluidine blue-positive mast cells also reacted with Fc epsilon RI and c-kit antibodies, almost all stained for tryptase, many for chymase and the myeloid workshop mast cell antibodies, few for Fc epsilon RII and none for the proliferation marker Ki-67. Urticaria pigmentosa lesions contained fewer epidermal Langerhans cells and a lower percentage of avidin-positive mast cells than mastocytomas and normal skin. Mastocytomas exhibited generally weaker staining for mast cell markers and mostly lacked Fc epsilon RI-bound IgE on mast cells and Langerhans cells, although the receptor was able to bind IgE in tissue sections. Most of the mast cell antibodies also reacted with other cell types. Only toluidine blue, avidin, tryptase and chymase stains were mast cell specific. Mast cells in mastocytosis thus differed only to a minor degree from normal mast cells, although distinct pathomechanisms may play a role in urticaria pigmentosa and mastocytosis.

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