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Mastocytosis (say âmas-toe-sigh-toe-sisâ) is a rare disease of the skin (the most common form), or of other parts of the body (very rare), like the stomach, the intestines and the bone marrow.It's caused by having too many mast cells. Mast cells are a kind of blood cell.Mastocytosis can occur at any age.astocytosis (say âmas-toe-sigh-toe-sisâ) is a rare disease of the skin (the most common form), or of other parts of the body (very rare), like the stomach, the intestines and the bone marrow.
Spherocytosis is an auto-hemolytic anemia (a disease of the blood) characterized by the production of spherocytes-red blood cells (RBCs), or erythrocytes, that are sphere-shaped, rather than bi-concave disk shaped. Spherocytes are found in hereditary spherocytosis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia.he misshapen but otherwise healthy red blood cells are mistaken by the spleen for old or damaged red blood cells and it thus constantly breaks them down, causing a cycle whereby the body destroys its own blood supply (auto-hemolysis). The term non hereditary spherocytosis is occasionally used, albeit rarely.