Does Bodily Temperature Explain the Differential Incidence of Gonadal Burkitt Tumor?

Whereas the ovary lies within the warm depth of the pelvis, its homologous counterpart, the testis, hangs coolly outside on account of the natural function of the cremaster muscles of the scrotum. Therefore, it is epidemiologically unique that 18 cases of ovarian Burkitt tumor were found against one testicular case in a 30-year biopsy series obtained among a Nigerian ethnic group. Accordingly, it is suggested that temperature is at play. Moreover, this hypothesis should be put to the test along the Burkitt belt worldwide, seeing that the environment itself came into the picture when Burkitt wrote his epochal article in 1958. 2.