Burkitt lymphoma in pregnancy.
BACKGROUND
Burkitt lymphoma during pregnancy is a rare event, and outcomes have been poor. However, few patients were treated by current standards, with nearly half receiving single-agent cyclophosphamide or no chemotherapy.


METHODS
A patient with Burkitt lymphoma presenting at 11 6/7 weeks' gestation was treated with surgical resection of all visible disease and cytotoxic combination chemotherapy. The patient was disease free at 1 year after diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
When Burkitt lymphoma is encountered in pregnancy, immediate cytotoxic combination chemotherapy is indicated.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35233, USA.
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Barnes
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Barrett
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Kimberlin
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Kilgore
D000328:Adult; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000628:therapy*