Rectal burkitt lymphoma in childhood.
Lymphomas are the third most common cancer in children and Burkitt lymphoma (BL) accounts for about 40% of them. The rectum is extremely seldom involved in BL: 91 children were treated at our institution for BL between 1987 and June 2006, but none of them had involved the rectum. We report here on a 9-year-old boy who presented with bowel bleeding and subocclusion, which proved due to a BL of the rectum. The role of surgery for this tumor is limited nowadays, except for surgical emergencies, biopsies, and second-look surgery in selected cases.
Favini
Francesca
F
Pediatric Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milano, Italy. gaga77@tiscalinet.it
Massimino
Maura
M
Esposito
Valentina
V
Maestri
Luciano
L
Fava
Giorgio
G
Spreafico
Filippo
F
D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed