title: [Primary cardiac Burkitt lymphoma in an African child].
abstract: Burkitt lymphoma is a non-Hodgkin lymphoma that is endemic in the Equatorial Belt of Africa, usually affecting children and adolescents with primary head-neck or abdominal involvement. Primary cardiac lymphomas are rare entities (1.3% of all primary cardiac tumors) of difficult clinical identification. Delayed discovery contributes to significant mortality. We report a case of a primitive Burkitt lymphoma in a 14-year-old Cameroonian immunocompetent child, presenting with signs and symptoms of severe right inflow impairment. Echocardiography revealed a right atrial mass involving the right atrial ventricular junction. Surgical excision and chemotherapy regimens, administered according to established protocols, were effective in inducing complete remission at 6 months.
authors.affiliation: St. Elizabeth Catholic General Hospital, Shisong Cardiac Centre, Camerun. donegani@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Donegani
authors.forename: Jean Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ambassa
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mvondo
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giamberti
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramponi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palicelli
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chelo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002163:Cameroon; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male