title: Burkitts's lymphoma--an atypical presentation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In female adolescents and young adults, malignancies of the genital tract are the most frequent type of cancer, closely followed by Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report an unusual case of sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) presenting with massive bilateral ovarian infiltration, peritoneal carcinomatosis and diffuse nodular lesions of the stomach and the intestine mimicking Krukenberg tumor. Diagnostic biopsies were obtained by endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract. With intensive chemotherapy, complete remission was rapidly achieved, without life-threatening tumor lysis syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Besides metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma, BL is an important differential diagnosis in adolescents presenting with Krukenberg tumor.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon 46, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ziade
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: von der Weid
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beck-Popovic
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nydegger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007725:Krukenberg Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*