title: Burkitt lymphoma presenting as colonic ischemia and overwhelming sepsis.
abstract: Lymphomas may occasionally present as acute surgical emergencies in children, most commonly because of obstruction, intussusception, or direct bowel invasion. We present the case of a 14-year-old adolescent boy who presented with septic shock and was found to have necrosis of the cecum because of a Burkitt lymphoma. The cause of the ischemia appeared to be mesenteric infiltration and subsequent vascular compromise of the bowel. We discuss the management of this patient and present a review of the literature.
authors: Department of Surgery, Easton Hospital, Easton, PA 18042, USA.
authors: Kyle
authors: K
authors: Dunning
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Mattei
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D002432:Cecum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy