Mast cell activation syndrome: A newly recognized disorder with systemic clinical manifestations

2011 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-152.e2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Hamilton ◽  
Jason L. Hornick ◽  
Cem Akin ◽  
Mariana C. Castells ◽  
Norton J. Greenberger
Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Arianna Giannetti ◽  
Emanuele Filice ◽  
Carlo Caffarelli ◽  
Giampaolo Ricci ◽  
Andrea Pession

Background and Objectives: Mast cell disorders comprise a wide spectrum of syndromes caused by mast cells’ degranulation with acute or chronic clinical manifestations. Materials and Methods: In this review article we reviewed the latest findings in scientific papers about mast cell disorders with a particular focus on mast cell activation syndrome and mastocytosis in pediatric age. Results: Patients with mast cell activation syndrome have a normal number of mast cells that are hyperreactive upon stimulation of various triggers. We tried to emphasize the diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and therapeutic strategies. Another primary mast cell disorder is mastocytosis, a condition with a long-known disease, in which patients have an increased number of mast cells that accumulate in different regions of the body with different clinical evolution in pediatric age. Conclusions: Mast cell activation syndrome overlaps with different clinical entities. No consensus was found on biomarkers and no clearly resolutive treatment is available. Therefore, a more detailed knowledge of this syndrome is of fundamental importance for a correct diagnosis and effective therapy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Fátima Ortiz Parra ◽  
M González De La Aleja ◽  
Claudia Olea Vielba

La mastocitosis es una patología infrecuente a la que, sin embargo, todo anestesiólogo debe saber hacer frente por las repercusiones clínicas que pueden derivarse de un manejo perioperatorio inadecuado.  Sus manifestaciones clínicas se deben a la liberación de gránulos de histamina, prostaglandinas y otras sustancias vasoactivas contenidas en los mastocitos, desencadenada por multitud de factores y fármacos, muchos de los cuales son habitualmente empleados en el acto anestésico.  Presentamos el caso de una paciente con sospecha de síndrome de activación mastocitaria y múltiples alergias documentadas, sometida a craniectomía descompresiva por una malformación de Chiari tipo 1 con siringomielia.   ABSTRACT Anaesthetic management for descompressive craniectomy in Chiari type I malformation in a patient with suspicion of mast cell activation syndrome Mastocytosis is a rare disease whose management must be performed by any anaesthetist because of the clinical consequences that an innapropiate perioperative management may bring.   Its clinical manifestations are due to the release of histamine and other pro-inflammatory substances holded by mast cells, triggered by multiple elements and many drugs: more specifically, many of the drugs we use in the anaesthetic procedure. We present the case of a patient with suspicion of mast cell activation syndrome and many certified allergies, who was proposed to be operated on because of a Chiari type 1 malformation with syringomyelia.


2021 ◽  
pp. 135910532110145
Author(s):  
Jennifer Nicoloro SantaBarbara ◽  
Marci Lobel

Individuals with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), a rare chronic disease, experience unpredictable physical symptoms and diagnostic challenges resulting in poor emotional states. The prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms were examined among 125 participants who completed the CES-D and relevant instruments. The majority reported a clinically-significant level of depression which was especially common among younger participants and those who reported greater loneliness or more disease-specific stressors. Greater magnitude of depressive symptoms was associated with greater illness intrusiveness, less social support, and lower optimism. Results highlight the value of interventions targeting loneliness and stressors unique to this population.


2017 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence B. Afrin ◽  
Roger W. Fox ◽  
Susan L. Zito ◽  
Leo Choe ◽  
Sarah C. Glover

2021 ◽  
Vol 127 (5) ◽  
pp. S49
Author(s):  
M. Hakim ◽  
D. Kurian ◽  
U. Rehman ◽  
S. Kazmi ◽  
A. Ghazi

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