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Burkitt-like lymphoma in an infant: a case report.
Revista do Hospital das Clinicas - 1 Jan 2000
Klumb Claudete Esteves, de Resende Lídia Maria Magalhães, Stefanoff Claudio Gustavo, Vicuña Carlos Humberto, Renault Ilana Zalcberg, Maia Raquel Ciuvalschi
Abstract excerpt
Childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, including Burkitt and Burkitt-like, are rarely diagnosed in infants. A case of B-cell lymphoma in a 13-month-old girl with extensive abdominal disease, ascites, pleural effusion, and tumor lysis syndrome is reported. Phenotypic analysis showed a germinal center B-cell phenotype, and a B-cell clonality was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. There was no evidence of...
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