(A) Highly significant differences in the KIT D816V allele burden were found between patients with cutaneous mastocytosis (CM), mastocytosis in the skin (MIS), indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM), smoldering systemic mastocytosis (SSM), aggressive systemic mastocytosis (ASM), mast cell leukemia (MCL), and systemic mastocytosis with an associated hematologic non-mast cell lineage disease (SM-AHNMD) (P<0.001, Kruskal Wallis test). (B) Kaplan-Meier plot for overall survival of mastocytosis patients with a KIT D816V mutation burden <2% and patients with a KIT D816V burden of ≥ 2% at diagnosis. The difference in the probability of survival was significant (P=0.001).