Article
Sporadic paediatric and adult Burkitt lymphomas share similar phenotypic and genotypic features.
Histopathology - 1 Mar 2008
Chuang S-S, Huang W-T, Hsieh P-P, Jung Y-C, Ye H, Du M-Q, Lu C-L, Cho C-Y, Hsiao S-C, Hsu Y-H, Lin K-J
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To characterize the clinicopathological features of sporadic Burkitt lymphoma (BL). METHODS AND RESULTS: A retrospective study of 17 paediatric and 14 adult BLs with history and histopathology review, immunohistochemistry, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in situ hybridization (EBER) and fluorescence in situ hybridization. There was no statistically significant difference in gender, frequency of central nervous...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Burkitt Lymphoma
- Central Nervous System Neoplasms
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
- Female
- Genotype
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence