title: [Spinal cord involvement in Burkitt-type lymphoma: report of a case].
abstract: Case report of Burkitt's type lymphoma with involvement of the spinal cord in a three years-old child. An epidural tumoral mass (T11-L1) was removed surgically (Fig. 2), and clinical conditions improved for a short period of time (1 and 1/2 months) after which symptoms reappeared. At this occasion a computerized tomography showed a tumoral mass occupying the spinal canal with high density at the L2 level. The patient died 6 months after the beginning of the disease. General considerations are made on Burkitt's lymphoma.
mesh_terms: D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Comprometimento medular por linfoma tipo Burkitt: relato de um caso.