title: Burkitt's lymphoma presenting as acute leukaemia.
abstract: A Nigerian male child presented with extensive superficial lymphadenopathy, a bleeding diathesis, and numerous tumour cells in blood and bone marrow.  Further characterization of the tumour cells confirmed the diagnosis of Burkitt's lymphoma.  The main unusual features shown by this patient are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male