title: Burkitt's lymphoma presenting with jaw lesions.
abstract: We report an unusual case of Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) presenting with jaw lesions in a 14-year-old Chinese boy. The patient presented initially with mobile teeth in all 4 jaw quadrants, with corresponding radiographic detection of alveolar bone crest destruction and periapical bone resorption in the absence of clinically detectable jaw tumors. Moreover, radiographs taken only 17 days later showed clearly distinguishable signs of more extensive alveolar bone destruction compared with the initial radiographs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018951:Antigens, CD20 / Q000032:analysis; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D018951:Antigens, CD20