Open AccessNON‐AFRICAN BURKITT'S LYMPHOMA IN A YOUNG WOMAN
Author(s) -
Tanaka Toshio,
Komatsubara Shokichi,
Miyoshi Isao,
Hieaki Shunkichi,
Tada Shinya,
Kubonishi Ichiro,
Hujii Masashi,
Sezaki Tatsuo
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1976.tb00519.x
Subject(s) - ascites , pathology , pleural effusion , lymphoma , medicine , tumor cells , effusion , cancer research , surgery
Non‐African Burkitt's lymphoma is presented in a 29‐year‐old, unmarried woman, who developed tumors in both breasts and ovaries, ascites and pleural effusion. Assessment of B cells in the tumor cells, derived from ascites, pleural effusion and tumor tissue is 90%, surface IgM being consisted of 86%, in an average. Histologically, the tumor tissue demonstrates prominent, so‐called starry‐sky effect, and cytologically, tumor cells are poorly‐differentiated lymphocytoid ceUs in their features.