title: Primary hepatic Burkitt lymphoma.
abstract: Primary hepatic lymphomas are exceedingly rare in children, with less than a dozen cases described to date. The authors present an 8.5-year-old boy with Burkitt lymphoma of the liver who had isolated multifocal liver lesions that exhibited a multilayered progressive enhancing pattern on MRI. Diagnosis was achieved after laparotomy and incisional biopsy that failed to detect disease outside the liver. The patient received short, intensive multiagent chemotherapy. He is currently well 22 months after the end of chemotherapy. This case illustrates that clinical judgment in conjunction with unusual imaging findings may contribute to the diagnosis of common tumors in rare locations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Elpis
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mantadakis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raissaki
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tzardi
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katzilakis
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chatzimichael
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalmanti
mesh_terms: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005047:Etoposide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D003561:Cytarabine; D005047:Etoposide; D007069:Ifosfamide