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Primary Gastric Burkitt's Lymphoma

Author(s) -

Swarupa Mitra,

Anurag Mehta,

Sunil Gupta,

Anila Sharma,

A Louis,

Manoj Kumar,

U. Saxena,

David K. Simson,

Abhinav Dewan

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

rare tumors

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2036-3613

pISSN - 2036-3605

DOI - 10.4081/rt.2014.5300

Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , palliative chemotherapy , chemotherapy , disease , gastric lymphoma , stage (stratigraphy) , gastroenterology , oncology , pathology , paleontology , biology

The primary gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, although rare, is among the most common extra-nodal lymphomas, considering that gastric lymphomas are more common than intestinal lymphomas. Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive form of B-cell lymphoma that is typically endemic in Africa, while non-endemic cases are found in the rest of the world. Primary gastric BL is extremely rare and only around 50 cases have been reported worldwide. Here we present the case of a young HIV-negative male, who was referred to our department with a stage IV gastric BL. He was planned for palliative chemotherapy, but after the first cycle of chemotherapy he succumbed to the progression of the disease

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