First case of an AIDS patient with systemic mast cell disease associated with FIP1-positive eosinophilia treated with imatinib mesylate therapy

MeSH terms

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / metabolism
• Adult
• Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
• Benzamides
• Eosinophilia / complications*
• Eosinophilia / metabolism
• Humans
• Imatinib Mesylate
• Male
• Mastocytosis, Systemic / diagnosis*
• Mastocytosis, Systemic / metabolism
• Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins / analysis*
• Piperazines / therapeutic use*
• Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
• Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
• Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / genetics
• Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
• Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta / analysis
• Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction