Primary Burkitt's lymphoma of the appendix.
Appendicitis is a very rare presenting symptom of abdominal Burkitt's lymphoma. Only four cases have previously been identified in the literature, all of them males. This is the first reported case of a female as well as the youngest and is representative of the therapeutic considerations in this unusual manifestation of the disease.
Caine
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YG
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Peylan-Ramu
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N
Livoff
A F
AF
Schiller
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M
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000601:surgery*; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging