[Burkitt lymphoma in Cameroon children: descriptive and clinico-anatomical aspects].
This retrospective study is armed to indicate the descriptive and pathological aspects of children Burkitt lymphoma in Cameroon. It was performed on a 4 year period between July 1988 and July 1992. Children from 0 to 15-year-old who were hospitalized and who had histologically provern Burkitt lymphoma were included. There were 39 patients, that is 27% of all malignant tumors in children during this period. Twenty-four were boys and 15 were girls; the median age was 90 months (+/-46) (range from 3 to 180 months). All children had Plasmodium falciparum infection. EBV serology was positive in 18 patients out of 25 (72%), 14 (36%) had a good nutritional status, the 25 other patients suffered malnutrition. Tumor localizations were: maxillary in 29 (74%) patients, abdominal in 7 (18%), other in 3 patients. Clinical stages according to Murphy classification were: stage I in 6 (15%) patients, II in 3 (8%), III in 20 (51%) and IV in 10 (26%). It is concluded from this series that clinical aspects and histological pattern in children Burkitt lymphoma in Cameroon are not different from what is observed in other endemic areas.
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Département de pédiatrie, Faculté de médecine et de sciences biomédicales, Université de Yaoundé I, Cameroun.
Mbakop
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Essomba Mboumi
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Obama
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Kago
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Gonsu
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Santiago
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Tetanye
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D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
Lymphome de Burkitt chez l'enfant au Cameroun: aspects descriptifs et anatomocliniques.