If at least 1 major and 1 one minor, or at least 3 minor criteria, are met, the diagnosis of Systemic Mastocytosis (SM) can be established.
Major Criteria: Multifocal dense infiltrates of mast cells in bone marrow or other extracutaneous organ(s) (>15 mast cells in aggregate)
Minor Criteria:
a) Mast cells in bone marrow or other extracutaneous organ(s) show an abnormal morphology (> 25%)
b) C-kit mutation at codon 816 in extracutaneous organ(s). (Activating mutations at codon 816; in most cases, c-kit D816V)
c) Mast cells in bone marrow express CD2 and/or CD25
d) Serum total tryptase > 20 ng/mL (does not count in patients who have associated hematologic clonal non-mast cell lineage disease-type disease)
