Burkitt Lymphoma Leading to Isolated Conjunctival Relapse.

Burkitt Lymphoma Leading to Isolated Conjunctival Relapse

Papilledema secondary to Burkitt lymphoma.

El linfoma de Burkitt (LB) es un tipo de linfoma no odgkin de células B de crecimiento rápido que afecta niños y adultos jóvenes y que puede presentarse de orma endémica en África, esporádicamente o asociada a nmunodeficiencias. De comienzo brusco y crecimiento agreivo, se produce por la traslocación en el gen c-Myc del romosoma 81. Fue descrito en el año 1958 por el ciruano irlandés Denis Pars...

Sporadic Burkitt Lymphoma: A Case Report

Introduction: Burkitt lymphoma is an aggressive subtype of Hodgkin lymphoma with a doubling time of 25 hours. It is characterized by a MYC gene coding alteration which results from a translocation of chromosome 8 on the MYC gene locus and immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus (IGH) on chromosome 14. Even though HIV infection is associated to an increased risk of Burkitt lymphoma, th...

Adult abdominal Burkitt lymphoma with isolated peritoneal involvement.

Burkitt lymphoma is a fast-growing high grade B-cell neoplasm that rarely affects adults. Three clinical variants are described in the World Health Organization classification: endemic, sporadic, and immunodeficiency-associated. The non-endemic form typically presents as an abdominal mass in children. Symptoms usually occur due to mass effect or direct intestinal involvement. We describe a very...

Diagnosis of Burkitt Lymphoma

Clinical presentation in extranodal and nodal sites of rapidly expanding masses in high-risk populations suggests Burkitt lymphoma (BL). Most patients present with advanced disease because of the rapid rate of tumor growth. BL cells have a remarkably short doubling time. Children in equatorial Africa and Papua New Guinea have endemic BL and present with facial tumors in the jaw or orbit, abdomi...