title: Primary Burkitt's lymphoma of the cranial vault in a child.
abstract: Non-Hodgkin s lymphoma in the cranial vault is rare, particularly in children. This report describes a 12-year-old boy who had a palpable and painless occipital skull mass and left hypoglossal nerve paralysis as the initial manifestations of Burkitt s lymphoma. Plain radiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aslan
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authors.lastname: Okten
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authors.lastname: Demirci
mesh_terms: D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed