Primary hepatic Burkitt lymphoma.
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.
Mantadakis
Elpis
E
Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Raissaki
Maria
M
Tzardi
Maria
M
Katzilakis
Nikolaos
N
Chatzimichael
Athanasios
A
Kalmanti
Maria
M
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
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D003561:Cytarabine; D005047:Etoposide; D007069:Ifosfamide