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Table 159-2

Diagnostic Criteria for Systemic Mastocytosisa

Major:

Multifocal dense infiltrates of mast cells (>15 mast cells per aggregate) in bone marrow or other extracutaneous tissues

Minor:

Abnormal mast cell morphology (spindle shape, bi- or multi-lobed or eccentric nucleus, hypogranulated cytoplasm)

Aberrant mast cell surface phenotype with expression of CD25 (IL-2 receptor alpha chain) and/or CD2

Detection of codon 816 mutation in peripheral blood cells, bone marrow cells, or an extracutaneous lesional tissue

Total serum tryptase >20 ng/mL

a Diagnosis requires either the major criterion and one minor criterion or three minor criteria.