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*Mast cell tumor usually occurs as a sporadic disease that is often transient and limited in children and progressive in adults. | *Mast cell tumor usually occurs as a sporadic disease that is often transient and limited in children and progressive in adults. | ||
*Systemic mastocytosis may develop in childhood cases of urticaria pigmentosa that persist beyond puberty, and in approximately 40% of adults with urticaria pigmentosa, usually of long standing. | *Systemic mastocytosis may develop in childhood cases of urticaria pigmentosa that persist beyond puberty, and in approximately 40% of adults with urticaria pigmentosa, usually of long standing. | ||
*Patients with mast cell tumor often initially have symptom-free intervals interspersed among symptomatic periods. | |||
==Complications== | ==Complications== |
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Natural History
- Mast cell tumor usually occurs as a sporadic disease that is often transient and limited in children and progressive in adults.
- Systemic mastocytosis may develop in childhood cases of urticaria pigmentosa that persist beyond puberty, and in approximately 40% of adults with urticaria pigmentosa, usually of long standing.
- Patients with mast cell tumor often initially have symptom-free intervals interspersed among symptomatic periods.