title: [Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in children].
abstract: In children, lymphomas are highly malignant and belong to the Burkitt type (B-cells) or to the non-Burkitt lymphoblastic type (T-cells). Most of the lesions are abdominal (gastrointestinal tract, mesentery) and/or mediastinal. The disease is often diagnosed on the cytology of an effusion or on a bone marrow differential cell count, and if these are negative, on a biopsy of the tumoral mass. The patients must be taken care of immediately, in conditions of emergency and in a way appropriate to the situation (renal function, prevention or treatment of lysis syndrome). Treatment consists of chemotherapy adjusted to the histo-immunological type. It currently cures 80% of the children.
authors.affiliation: Institut Gustave Roussy, département de pédiatrie, Villejuif.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patte
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Lymphomes non hodgkiniens de l'enfant.