A 60-year-old lady with leonine facies: A rare diagnosis.
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2012-10
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Systemic mastocytosis is a rare clonal disorder characterized by mast cell infiltration of one or more organs, with or without skin involvement. Leonine facies is a rare presentation and corresponds to the morphologic manifestation of diffuse dermal infiltration of the face as a result of long standing disease. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy findings in a 60-year-old woman, who had extensive cutaneous infiltration due to systemic mastocytosis, resulting in 'leonine facies,' are described, and causes of leonine facies are discussed.
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Bone marrow aspiration, leonine facies, systemic mastocytosis
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Mutreja Deepti, Purohit Abhishek, Singh Pawan K, Pati H P. A 60-year-old lady with leonine facies: A rare diagnosis. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2012 Oct-Dec 55(4): 566-568.