title: Burkitt's lymphoma: an unusual cause of obstructive jaundice.
abstract: Biliary obstruction secondary to malignancy is a common clinical problem. Rarely, biliary obstruction is due to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Obstructive jaundice in these patients usually presents late in the course of the disease. Burkitt's lymphoma is a subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Unlike other forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma presents as an extranodal disease. We present the case of a patient suffering from non-endemic Burkitt's lymphoma whose initial presenting symptom was obstructive jaundice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery B, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel. trauma@hillel-yaffe.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kessel
authors.forename: Elad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moisseiev
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Korin
authors.forename: Uri
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Soimu
authors.forename: Itamar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ashkenazi
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asquenasi
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Groissman
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alfici
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D017211:Treatment Failure