title: Aggressive lymphoma in a 14 year old Indian boy, diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology.
abstract: Burkitt's lymphoma(BL) is a highly aggressive B -cell Lymphoma of childhood with a doubling time of 24 to 48 h. Depending upon the clinical and epidemiological factors it is classified as Epidemic, Sporadic and Immunodeficiency associated Burkitt's lymphoma. Sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma has its own characteristics with few differences pertaining to specific geographical location. Here, we present a case of 14-year-old boy who presented with advanced stage disease. On examination he had cervical lymphadenopathy and CNS involvement in the form of nerve palsy.USG revealed multiple well defined solid lesions in liver, both kidneys and pancreas. However, PBS did not show the presence of lymphomatous cells. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of cervical lymph node and liver lesion showed features suggestive of Burkitt's lymphoma, which was further confirmed on Histopathological and immunohistochemical examination.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, DM WIMS , Wayanad, Kerala, India .
authors.forename: Smita C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pathade
authors.affiliation: Professor and HOD, Department of Pathology, DM WIMS , Wayanad, Kerala, India .
authors.forename: Ramkumar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kurpad
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, DM WIMS , Wayanad, Kerala, India .
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.affiliation: Professor and HOD, Department of Surgery, DM WIMS , Wayanad, Kerala, India .
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Sasikumar
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Physiology, DM WIMS , Wayanad, Kerala, India .
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jadhav
keywords: Burkitt’s; FNAC; Lymphadenopathy; Lymphoma; Sporadic