Burkitt's lymphoma: an unusual cause of childhood paraplegia.
In this paper we present two paraspinal Burkitt's lymphomas, with paraplegia. This entity is very rare in our country. In the evaluation of a paraplegic child, we believe that Burkitt's lymphoma should always be kept in mind.
Turgut
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Hospitals, Ankara, Turkey.
Ozcan
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Erbengi
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D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed