title: Sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma of the head and neck in the pediatric population.
abstract: Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is one of the fastest growing malignancies in the pediatric population in the United States. BL is a high-grade B-cell Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) which exists in endemic, sporadic, and human immunodeficiency-associated subtypes. The African, or endemic, variant usually involves the maxilla and other facial bones while head and neck manifestations in non-endemic BL are rare. We present three unusual present ations of sporadic BL stemming from Waldeyer's ring and the orbit. The clinical and pathologic features of BL are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, New York-Presbyterian, University Hospital of Columbia, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Banthia
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jen
authors.forename: Ashutosh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kacker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D016259:Genes, myc / Q000235:genetics; D016158:Genes, p53 / Q000235:genetics; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014178:Translocation, Genetic