title: [Abdominal lymphomas in children: place of surgery].
abstract: To determine the place of surgery in the management of abdominal Burkitt's lymphoma, we retrospectively reviewed the records of 17 children treated over a period of 10 years (1983-1992). Patients were 14 males. Seven patients presented with acute abdominal pain, 6 with an abdominal mass and 5 with intestinal obstruction. In 3 cases, the diagnosis was made without laparotomy (2 percutaneous tumoral puncture, 1 pleural puncture). In the 14 other cases, the diagnosis was made by laparotomy with 3 biopsies and 11 resection of the tumor (7 complete and 4 incomplete). These laparotomies were complicated by 1 evisceration and 2 intestinal obstruction. At the end of the initial chemotherapy, 1 children was reoperated for a residual mass with no histological viable tumor. Sixteen children were long term survivors (14 > 2 years); 1 died. Surgery was indicated in cases of intestinal intussusception. In cases of abdominal mass, surgery could have been avoided twice (positive ascitic fluid). A complete tumoral resection had no influence on survival which depend of extra-abdominal extension and more over of response to chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Infantile, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, Nantes.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Héloury
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Méchinaud-Lacroix
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Plattner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Avet-Loiseau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gaillard
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: LeNéel
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies