Burkitt's lymphoma in leukemic phase in an Indian boy.
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2011-03
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Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is the most common childhood cancer in Africa and is most prevalent in areas endemic for malaria. The disease, a malignant growth of lymphoid tissue, usually presents itself as a large tumor of the jaw. It is however, a rarity in the Indian subcontinent. Through an extensive literary survey, it is seen that only a few cases of BL have been reported, accounting for only 0.76% of solid malignant tumors among Indian children. Here we present a case of BL of mandible extending to maxilla in a 13-year-old boy of Indian origin.
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Burkitt′s lymphoma, chemotherapy, jaws, non-Hodgkin′s, tumor
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Vasudevan Vijeev, Mohandas Usha, Manjunath V. Burkitt's lymphoma in leukemic phase in an Indian boy. Indian Journal of Dental Research. 2011 Mar-Apr; 22(2): 340-344.