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Childhood lymphoma in Colombia, South America: With special mention of cases resembling Burkitt's tumor
Author(s) -
Beltran German
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196608)19:8<1124::aid-cncr2820190812>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , pathology , disease , burkitt's lymphoma
A clinical and histologic review of malignant lymphomas of children younger than age 16 (excluding Hodgkin's disease) was made from cases collected for an 11‐year period by the Department of Pathology of the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, South America. Of 21 cases 10 had a histologic picture similar to that of Burkitt's tumor. Nine of them had clinical features resembling those described in Africa for this tumor. However, another 7 cases presented the same clinical form in the absence of the corresponding histological pattern. These findings were considered to favor the opinion that Burkitt's tumor represents a form of lymphosarcoma and that it is not confined to equatorial Africa. Possible causes for the uneven distribution of such form in different geographical areas were briefly considered and the need for further studies indicated.