title: Adult abdominal Burkitt lymphoma with isolated peritoneal involvement.
abstract: Burkitt lymphoma is a fast-growing high grade B-cell neoplasm that rarely affects adults. Three clinical variants are described in the World Health Organization classification: endemic, sporadic, and immunodeficiency-associated. The non-endemic form typically presents as an abdominal mass in children. Symptoms usually occur due to mass effect or direct intestinal involvement. We describe a very unusual presentation of a sporadic Burkitt lymphoma case in a 61-year-old male with diffuse peritoneal and omental involvement, without lymphadenopathies, mimicking peritoneal carcinomatosis.
authors: Medical Imaging Department and Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Coimbra, Portugal.
authors: Catarina
authors: C
authors: Oliveira
authors: Medical Imaging Department and Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Coimbra, Portugal.
authors: Hugo
authors: H
authors: Matos
authors: Pathology Department, General Hospital, University Hospital of Coimbra, Portugal.
authors: Paula
authors: P
authors: Serra
authors: Medical Imaging Department and Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Coimbra, Portugal.
authors: Rui
authors: R
authors: Catarino
authors: Medical Imaging Department and Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Coimbra, Portugal.
authors: Amélia
authors: A
authors: Estevão
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004317:Doxorubicin; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology*; D011241:Prednisone; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014750:Vincristine
chemical_list: D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone; D008727:Methotrexate
keywords: Burkitt lymphoma; multidetector computed tomography; omental caking; peritoneal neoplasm