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Urticarial and Mast Cell Disorders Booklet
Table of Contents
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Acute Urticaria
Authors: Cathleen Collins, MD and Kathleen Luskin, MD
Editor: Kathleen Luskin, MD
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Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU)
Authors: Reid Oldenburg, MD, PhD, FAAD and Kathleen Luskin, MD
Editor: Kathleen Luskin, MD
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Chronic Inducible Urticaria (CIndU)/Physical Urticaria
Authors: Kathryn Smiley, PA-C and Kathleen Luskin, MD
Editor: Kathleen Luskin, MD
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The Spectrum of Mast Cell Activation Syndromes
Authors: Kelli W. Williams, MD, MPH and Kathleen Luskin, MD
Editor: Kathleen Luskin, MD
Diagnostic criteria and classification of mast cell activation syndromes
Primary (clonal) mast cell activation syndromes
Secondary (non-clonal) mast cell activation syndrome
Idiopathic mast cell activation syndrome, idiopathic anaphylaxis
Table 1. Typical clinical symptoms of mast cell activation syndromes
Table 2. 2016 World Health Organization diagnostic criteria for systemic mastocytosis
Figure 1. Classification of mast cell activation syndromes and diagnostic features
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Clinical Approach to MCAS Diagnosis and Cutaneous Mastocytosis
Authors: Susan Laubach, MD and Kathleen Luskin, MD
Editor: Kathleen Luskin, MD
Signs and symptoms of MC mediator release
Diagnosis and Treatment of MCAS (Part 1 of 3)
Diagnosis and Treatment of MCAS (Part 2 of 3)
Diagnosis and Treatment of MCAS (Part 3 of 3)
Figure 1. Mast cell mediators and symptoms
Table 1. Variants of MCAS
Figure 3. MCAS clinical criterion vs nonspecific symptoms and conditions that do not qualify as features of MCAS
Table 2. Differential diagnosis of MCAS
Table 3. Biochemical tests for MCAS
Table 4. Pharmacotherapy for mast-cell derived symptoms
Table 5. Features of Cutaneous Mastocytosis (CM) in Children vs Adults