The Prevalence Of Osteoporosis Is Low in Adult Cutaneous Mastocytosis Patients.

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract

INFINITY-Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, INSERM UMR1291- CNRS UMR5051- University Toulouse III, Toulouse, France; Department of Dermatology and Mastocytosis Expert Centre (CEREMAST), Toulouse University Hospital and University Toulouse III, Toulouse, France.

Published: May 2024

Background: Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a clonal disorder of mast cells (MCs) frequently associated with vertebral osteoporosis (OP) and subsequent vertebral fractures (VFs). The natural history of this OP remains unclear. Importantly, we do not know whether OP represents an early event triggered alongside MC abnormalities, and whether MC clonality is sufficient to trigger osteoporosis.

Objective: To describe OP in patients with medullar clonality in cutaneous mastocytosis (CM) and monoclonal mast cell activation syndrome (MMAS) and to compare their osteoporosis characteristics with those of nonadvanced SM patients (bone marrow mastocytosis and indolent systemic mastocytosis).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical, biological, and densitometric data of 27 CM, 13 MMAS, and 135 SM patients from the Mastocytosis Expert Center (CEREMAST) in Toulouse, France.

Results: The OP (respectively 3.7, 30.8, and 34.1%) and VFs (0.0%, 15.4%, and 20%) were less frequent in CM than in MMAS and SM, despite the presence of clonal MCs in the bone marrow. Most patients with OP and VFs in the non-SM groups had the usual risk factors for OP. Interestingly, the only non-SM patient with a typical SM-like OP had high bone marrow tryptase, developed bone marrow KIT mutation during follow-up, and had a family history of SM. Our data show that OP is not a common clinical finding in CM but is frequent in MMAS. When OP and VFs occur in CM and MMAS patients, they differ from the usual phenotype of SM bone fragility.

Conclusions: Our findings suggest that, in most CM patients, the meaning and management of OP differs from that of OP in MMAS and nonadvanced SM. Prospective longitudinal studies and the validation of predictors are needed to identify CM and MMAS patients developing SM-related OP.

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