RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 CD4 expression by mast cells in mastocytosis: a case report
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 564
OP 566
DO 10.1136/jcp.2009.064386
VO 62
IS 6
A1 E J Soilleux
A1 J Bowling
A1 K Hollowood
YR 2009
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/62/6/564.abstract
AB A 59-year-old man presented with a five-year history of an asymptomatic widespread truncal rash. Cutaneous biopsies showed mastocytosis, which was shown to be CD4-positive immunohistochemically. This potential diagnostic pitfall in the discrimination of mastocytosis from a variety of other haematopoietic neoplasms, particularly mycosis fungoides, is discussed.