Analogies in Medicine: Starry-sky Appearance
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Burkitt lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system (in particular, B lymphocytes). It was named after Denis Parson Burkitt, a missionary doctor/surgeon and a research scientist, who first described the disease in 1958 while working in Equatorial Africa. In the original report, this type of lymphoma was described in the jaw of young African children. Dennis Burkitt was born in Ireland February 1911 and died March 1993 (Fig.1).
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