Jorge Arturo Sánchez Garza
Pathology Department, Hospital General de Zona 5, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Sonora, Mexico
[ 1 ] - 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...