Pediatric Burkitt lymphoma presenting as acute pancreatitis: MRI characteristics.
Acute pancreatitis is a rare initial presentation of non-Hodgkin lymphoma with few reported cases described in older adults and even fewer in children. MRI features of Burkitt lymphoma of the pancreas are sparse in the radiologic literature. We present a 6-year-old boy who presented with pancreatitis and obstructive jaundice, which was the result of Burkitt lymphoma of the pancreas. The imaging findings of pancreatic involvement of Burkitt lymphoma on MRI are discussed and the contributory role of the radiologist in guiding the appropriate clinical work-up of this disease is highlighted.
Department of Radiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA. John.Amodio@downstate.edu
John
J
Amodio
Jennie E
JE
Brodsky
D000208:Acute Disease; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis