An increased bone mineral density is an adverse prognostic factor in patients with systemic mastocytosis.
Philipp RiffelJuliana SchwaabChristopher LutzNicole NaumannGeorgia MetzgerothAlice FabariusStefan O SchoenbergWolf-Karsten HofmannPeter ValentAndreas ReiterMohamad JawharPublished in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2020)
Osteoporosis is a common feature in ISM but not in AdvSM. An increased BMD is frequently present in AdvSM but not in ISM and is associated with more advanced disease and inferior outcome.