Burkitt's lymphoma biopsy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2], Kamal Akbar, M.D.[3]

Overview

Lymph node or extra nodal tissue biopsy is diagnostic of Burkitt’s lymphoma.

Biopsy

Lymph node or extra nodal tissue biopsy is diagnostic of Burkitt’s lymphoma.^[1]^[2]^[3]
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References

↑ Quimby, Alexandra E.; Caulley, Lisa; Rodin, Danielle; Purgina, Bibianna; Eapen, Libni; Shier, Luke; Johnson-Obaseki, Stephanie (2017). “Primary Burkitt lymphoma of the supraglottic larynx: a case report and review of the literature”. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 11 (1). doi:10.1186/s13256-017-1209-3. ISSN 1752-1947.
↑ Dozzo M, Carobolante F, Donisi PM, Scattolin A, Maino E, Sancetta R; et al. (2017). “Burkitt lymphoma in adolescents and young adults: management challenges”. Adolesc Health Med Ther. 8: 11–29. doi:10.2147/AHMT.S94170. PMC 5207020. PMID 28096698.
↑ Vishnu P, Dorer RP, Aboulafia DM (2015). “Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome-associated Burkitt lymphoma after combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients”. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 15 (1): e23–9. doi:10.1016/j.clml.2014.09.009. PMC 4607473. PMID 25458079.

Overview