Premium
A case of Burkitt's lymphoma presenting with digital ischaemia
Author(s) -
Smith P,
Rice M,
Ricci N,
Toogood I,
Roberton D
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1993.tb12645.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , anti nuclear antibody , antibody , burkitt's lymphoma , anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody , pathology , immunology , autoantibody , disease , vasculitis
Paraneoplastic syndromes are rare in pdediatric oncology. This report describes a four‐year‐old Cantonese child whose sole presenting symptom was acrocyanosis who was found to have Burkitt's lymphoma in association with the presence of positive antinuclear antibodies, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, antiendothelial antibodies and elevated serum immunoglobulin G concentrations. Digital ischaemia has not been described as a presenting symptom of Burkitt's lymphoma, although this association has been reported in 25 patients with other malignancies.