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Study Letter
90 (
3
); 372-375
doi:
10.25259/IJDVL_712_2023
pmid:
38595013

Clinical characteristics of 81 patients with maculopapular cutaneous mastocytosis: A 10-year experience

Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

Corresponding author: Prof. Yue-Hua Liu, Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. yuehualiu63@163.com

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How to cite this article: Jia QN, Fang K, Wang T, Zhang SY, Yang L, Liu YH. Clinical characteristics of 81 patients with maculopapular cutaneous mastocytosis: A 10-year experience. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2024;90:372-5. doi: 10.25259/IJDVL_712_2023

Dear Editor,

Cutaneous mastocytosis (CM) is characterised by abnormal dermal accumulation of mast cells. Maculopapular CM (MPCM) is the commonest clinical type and is subdivided into pigmented variant (urticaria pigmentosa, UP) and telangiectatic variant (telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans, TMEP). This study reviewed all patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of MPCM between 2009 and 2022 and characterised its detailed clinical manifestations. UP diagnosis was based on typical clinical lesions and monomorphic mast cell infiltrate. TMEP was characterised by characteristic telangiectatic macules and increased mast cells at the periphery of dilated blood vessels in the upper dermis.

In total, 81 patients were analysed, with 54 males and 27 females (2:1). The demographics and clinical characteristics of MPCM have been summarised in Table 1. There were 70 patients diagnosed with UP and 11 patients of TMEP. The mean age (± SD) of disease onset in years was 18.04 ± 15.93 in UP and 38.41 ± 14.96 in TMEP. Twelve patients with UP had congenital lesions. Most TMEP lesions developed between 31 and 50 years (8/11, 72.7%). None of our patients reported a positive family history or had any extracutaneous disease.

Table 1: The clinical features of patients with maculopapular cutaneous mastocytosis
All UP TMEP
All 81 70 11
 Male 54 46 8
 Female 27 24 3
Onset/year 28.23 18.04 38.41
Location
 Trunk 72 65 7
 Extremities 70 60 10
 Scalp & face 23 23 0
 Neck 22 21 1
Patient outcome
 CR 4 3 1
 PR 18 14 4
 NR 21 18 3
 Worsen 9 9 0

UP: urticaria pigmentosa, TMEP: telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans, CR: complete remission, PR: partial remission, NR: non-remission

TMEP presented with multiple discrete red to brown telangiectatic macules [Figure 1a]. On the contrary, UP displayed a heterogeneous appearance in the morphology and arrangement of lesions as multiple yellow-orange to red-brown papules, plaques and nodules [Figures 1b to 1g]. The trunk and extremities were commonly affected in UP, followed by the scalp and face. However, the scalp and face were spared in TMEP, which mostly affected the upper limbs.

Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans (TMEP) lesions were multiple discrete red to brown telangiectatic macules.
Figure 1a:
Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans (TMEP) lesions were multiple discrete red to brown telangiectatic macules.
Multiple red brown small macules of urticaria pigmentosa on abdomen.
Figure 1b:
Multiple red brown small macules of urticaria pigmentosa on abdomen.
Multiple symmetrically distributed larger polygonal pigmented macules of urticaria pigmentosa on the legs.
Figure 1c:
Multiple symmetrically distributed larger polygonal pigmented macules of urticaria pigmentosa on the legs.
Multiple yellow to red brown small macules of urticaria pigmentosa on the back.
Figure 1d:
Multiple yellow to red brown small macules of urticaria pigmentosa on the back.
Multiple large round to polygonal variably shaped pigmented macules of urticaria pigmentosa on the back.
Figure 1e:
Multiple large round to polygonal variably shaped pigmented macules of urticaria pigmentosa on the back.
Multiple variably sized pigmented macules of urticaria pigmentosa on the back.
Figure 1f:
Multiple variably sized pigmented macules of urticaria pigmentosa on the back.
Yellowish orange to red brown elevated papules of urticaria pigmentosa on the abdomen.
Figure 1g:
Yellowish orange to red brown elevated papules of urticaria pigmentosa on the abdomen.

Patients underwent telephonic disease evaluation at the study endpoint. Among 46 patients with UP, 3 (6.5%) patients fully resolved over 2 years, 14 (30.4%) patients had partial remission, and 18 (39.1%) patients reported non-remission, while 9 (19.6%) patients presented with increased skin lesions. Of the 8 patients with TMEP, 1 fully regressed in 11 years, 4 partially regressed, and 3 showed unchanged disease conditions.

This study provides a detailed description of the clinical presentation of MPCM. Patients with mastocytosis have been commonly reported with systemic involvement in Caucasians.12 This is one of the first studies performed in the Chinese population of all ages, suggesting that Chinese patients with mastocytosis tend to have isolated cutaneous lesions without systemic involvement. Although equal gender distribution and male or female predominance have been described in the literature, this study exhibited a significant predilection for males.35

Among 54 patients evaluated at study endpoint, several showed increased skin lesions, and most patients had partial or non-remission, while only a small minority presented complete remission. The 10-year experience from our hospital suggested that Chinese patients tend to have persistent lesions without the tendency to regress.

TMEP is no longer considered a separate subtype in the recent World Health Organization (WHO) classification of CM and some authors suggest TMEP to be a specific form of MPCM.6 Another study described high frequency (47%) of systemic involvement in TMEP and suggested it as an individualised type of mastocytosis.7 In our study, TMEP accounted for a large proportion (13.6%) of MPCM. Compared to UP, TMEP exhibited an older age of onset, variable distribution and clinical presentation of skin lesions. Our results further validate TMEP as a distinct entity of CM.

To explore whether clinical appearance is associated with disease parameters, UP was defined as round [Figure 1b] or polygonal [Figure 1c] in shape; small (<1 cm) [Figure 1d], large (≥1 cm) [Figure 1e] or variable [Figure 1f] in size; flat [Figures 1e and 1f] or elevated [Figure 1g] lesions [Table 2]. Round lesions and polygonal lesions were distributed evenly. Compared to patients with round lesions, those with polygonal lesions exhibited earlier disease onset (P < 0.001). Concerning size, small lesions were most frequent. Compared with large and variable lesions, patients with small lesions reported later disease onset (P < 0.001). Flat lesions were more frequent than the elevated form (49 and 21 patients, respectively). The demography did not differ between flat and high lesions (P > 0.05). Our results demonstrated that polygonal lesions and large or variable sizes characterised patients with earlier disease onset.

Table 2: The morphology and arrangement of urticaria pigmentosa lesions
Shape
Size
Elevation
Round Polygonal Small Large Variable Flat Elevated
All 39 31 40 22 8 49 21
 Male 24 22 24 16 6 30 16
 Female 15 9 16 6 2 19 5
Onset/year 25.67 8.45 26.13 6.24 10.01 17.85 18.48
Patient outcome
 CR 2 1 1 1 1 3 0
 PR 5 9 4 7 3 7 7
 NR 11 7 11 4 3 10 8
 Worsen 7 2 8 1 0 4 5

CR: complete remission, PR: partial remission, NR: non-remission

In conclusion, the present study found that Chinese patients with mastocytosis tend to have isolated CM without systemic involvement, significant predilection for males, and persistent lesions without significant remission. Our results suggest that TMEP is a distinct entity of CM, and it is better to maintain the concept of TMEP.

Ethical approval statement

The research/study is approved by the Ethics Committee of Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

Declaration of patient consent

The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent and ethical approval from ethics committee of Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

Financial support and sponsorship

Nil.

Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts of interest.

Use of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technology for manuscript preparation

The authors confirm that there was no use of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technology for assisting in the writing or editing of the manuscript and no images were manipulated using AI.

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