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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2], Kamal Akbar, M.D.[3]

Overview

The mainstay of treatment for Burkitts lymphoma is chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either large abdominal mass, neck or facial mass obstructing airway, ascites, pleural effusion and cardiac tamponade.

Indications

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Burkitts lymphoma. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:

Surgery

  • The feasibility of surgery depends on the stage of Burkitts lymphoma at the time of diagnosis.

References

  1. Shamberger RC, Weinstein HJ (1992). "The role of surgery in abdominal Burkitt's lymphoma". J Pediatr Surg. 27 (2): 236–40. PMID 1564624.
  2. Ben-Ari J, Schonfeld T, Harlev E, Steinberg R, Yaniv I, Katz J; et al. (2005). "Life-threatening airway obstruction secondary to mass in children-a preventable event?". Pediatr Emerg Care. 21 (7): 427–30. PMID 16027574.
  3. Oliveira C, Matos H, Serra P, Catarino R, Estevão A (2014). "Adult abdominal Burkitt lymphoma with isolated peritoneal involvement". J Radiol Case Rep. 8 (1): 27–33. doi:10.3941/jrcr.v8i1.1400. PMC 4037242. PMID 24967011.
  4. Tzachanis D, Dewar R, Luptakova K, Chang JD, Joyce RM (2014). "Primary cardiac burkitt lymphoma presenting with abdominal pain". Case Rep Hematol. 2014: 687598. doi:10.1155/2014/687598. PMC 4241305. PMID 25431699.

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