Cutaneous mastocytosis of childhood Images

Urticaria pigmentosa of childhood: detectable since the 1st month of life; in the following months permanently increasing spots. slight itching. foci more strongly reddened during warm bathing. findings: disseminated brown-yellow spots on the trunk. on the right buttock half, after mechanical irritation, extensive diffuse reddening of the skin. lesions in this area red (see inlet).

Urticaria pigmentosa of childhood: Disseminated, 0.2-1.0 cm large, symptomless, light brown spots. no itching, no scaling. Darier's signs positive.

Urticaria pigmentosa of childhood: 6-month-old infant. skin changes congenital. in the following months permanently increasing spots and plaques. slight itching in case of mechanical irritation (see red colouring near the neck near the focal point) findings: disseminated brown-yellow spots and (palpable) plaques on the trunk and extremities.

Urticaria pigmentosa of childhood: detailed view. bizarrely limited yellow-brown spot, surface relief corresponding to the surrounding (field) skin.

Urticaria pigmentosa of childhood (adolescence): Disseminated 0.5 - 2.0 cm large, light brown spots and plaques; in the middle of the back lesions with central blister formation (bulging blisters with a firm bladder cover).

Urticaria pigmentosa of childhood: 6-year-old boy. since the 2nd LJ "multiple mastocytomas" on the trunk and here preferably on the upper extremity. from a clinical point of view, a single lesions would be referred to as a "mastocytoma". however, more than 5 lesions (mastocytomas) define the juvenile urticaria pigmentosa. this picture shows the difference to the adult form of urticaria pigmentosa.