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Primary Gastric Burkitt’s lymphoma

Author(s) -

Adnan Khan,

Sarbiland Khan,

Umair Arshad

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

pakistan journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1682-024X

pISSN - 1681-715X

DOI - 10.12669/pjms.335.13002

Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , anorexia , biopsy , weight loss , diarrhea , gastroenterology , chemotherapy , obesity

The primary gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a rare entity. Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive form of B-cell lymphoma which is endemic in Africa, while in rest of the world non-endemic cases has been reported. Primary gastric BL is extremely rare and only around 53 cases have been reported till now. Here we present the case of a middle-aged male, immunocompetent who presented with anorexia weight loss and diarrhea. His upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsy revealed a large primary gastric Burkitt lymphoma. After chemotherapy, he remains in remission.

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