Table 6.

WHO classification of mastocytosis.*

Variant - TermAbbreviationSubvariants
* For details of the WHO classification of mastocytosis see refs #13 and #14. 
** In a few cases, the FIP1L1/PDGFRA-fusion gene may be detected 
Abbreviations: WHO, World Health Organization; CM, cutaneous mastocytosis; SM, systemic mastocytosis; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; MPD, myeloproliferative disorder; CMML, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; MCL, mast cell leukemia; NHL, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. 
• Cutaneous Mastocytosis CM – Urticaria Pigmentosa (UP) = Maculopapular CM (MPCM)
 – Diffuse CM (DCM)
 – Mastocytoma of Skin 
• Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis ISM – Smouldering SM (SSM)
 – Isolated bone marrow mastocytosis (BMM) 
• Systemic Mastocytosis with an
 associated clonal hematologic
 non-mast cell lineage disease SM- 
 AHNMD – SM-AML
 – SM-MDS
 – SM-MPD
 – SM-CMML
 – SM-NHL
 – SM-HES 
• Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis ASM – Lymphadenopathic SM with eosinophilia** 
• Mast Cell Leukemia MCL – Aleukemic MCL 
• Mast Cell Sarcoma MCS  
• Extracutaneous Mastocytoma 
Variant - TermAbbreviationSubvariants
* For details of the WHO classification of mastocytosis see refs #13 and #14. 
** In a few cases, the FIP1L1/PDGFRA-fusion gene may be detected 
Abbreviations: WHO, World Health Organization; CM, cutaneous mastocytosis; SM, systemic mastocytosis; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; MPD, myeloproliferative disorder; CMML, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; MCL, mast cell leukemia; NHL, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. 
• Cutaneous Mastocytosis CM – Urticaria Pigmentosa (UP) = Maculopapular CM (MPCM)
 – Diffuse CM (DCM)
 – Mastocytoma of Skin 
• Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis ISM – Smouldering SM (SSM)
 – Isolated bone marrow mastocytosis (BMM) 
• Systemic Mastocytosis with an
 associated clonal hematologic
 non-mast cell lineage disease SM- 
 AHNMD – SM-AML
 – SM-MDS
 – SM-MPD
 – SM-CMML
 – SM-NHL
 – SM-HES 
• Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis ASM – Lymphadenopathic SM with eosinophilia** 
• Mast Cell Leukemia MCL – Aleukemic MCL 
• Mast Cell Sarcoma MCS  
• Extracutaneous Mastocytoma 

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