Burkitt's lymphoma in Israel.
A case is described of Burkitt's lymphoma in a nine-year-old Arab boy. The presenting symptom was swelling of the right maxilla, originally diagnosed as a dento-alveolar abscess. The clinical features of African and American Burkitt's lymphoma are compared, and the occurrence of the tumor mainly in the Arab population of Israel is noted.
D000349:Africa; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014481:United States