Paravertebral Burkitt's Lymphoma in a Child: An Unusual Presentation | Zendy

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Paravertebral Burkitt's Lymphoma in a Child: An Unusual Presentation

Author(s) -

C Hoyoux,

Patricia Forget,

Caroline Piette,

M F Dresse,

Benoît Florkin,

Léon Rausin,

A Thiry

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2012/891714

Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , neuroblastoma , pathological , presentation (obstetrics) , spinal cord , pathology , pediatric oncology , weakness , disease , cancer , radiology , surgery , psychiatry , biology , genetics , cell culture

Paravertebral malignant tumors constitute 4.8% of cancer cases in pediatric oncology and are mostly composed of neuroblastoma (46.4%) and soft tissue sarcomas (35.7%). We describe the case of a Caucasian 6-year-old boy who was admitted for middle back pain radiated to limbs and progressively increasing weakness of the legs, suggesting a spinal cord disease. The exploration revealed two paravertebral masses extending through the neural foraminae into the epidural space. The association with elevated serum neuron specific enolase suggested at first the diagnosis of neuroblastoma, but the pathological examination revealed a Burkitt's lymphoma. This is a rare location of sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma with neurologic syndrome as first symptoms.

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