Open AccessBurkitt′s lymphoma in leukemic phase in an Indian boy
Author(s) -
Vijeev Vasudevan,
U Mohandas,
Vinutha Manjunath
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.84315
Subject(s) - indian subcontinent , burkitt's lymphoma , lymphoma , maxilla , malaria , medicine , malignant lymphoma , cancer , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , pathology , dermatology , biology , history , dentistry , ethnology , genus , botany
Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is the most common childhood cancer in Africa and is most prevalent in areas endemic for malaria. The disease, a malignant growth of lymphoid tissue, usually presents itself as a large tumor of the jaw. It is however, a rarity in the Indian subcontinent. Through an extensive literary survey, it is seen that only a few cases of BL have been reported, accounting for only 0.76% of solid malignant tumors among Indian children. Here we present a case of BL of mandible extending to maxilla in a 13-year-old boy of Indian origin.