Burkitt's lymphoma surgery
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
Overview
The mainstay of treatment for Burkitts lymphoma is chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either large abdominal mass, neck or facial mass obstructing airway, ascites, pleural effusion and cardiac tamponade.
Indications
Indications
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Burkitts lymphoma. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:
Surgery
Surgery
References
References
- ↑ Shamberger RC, Weinstein HJ (1992). “The role of surgery in abdominal Burkitt’s lymphoma”. J Pediatr Surg. 27 (2): 236–40. PMID 1564624.
- ↑ Ben-Ari J, Schonfeld T, Harlev E, Steinberg R, Yaniv I, Katz J; et al. (2005). “Life-threatening airway obstruction secondary to mass in children-a preventable event?”. Pediatr Emerg Care. 21 (7): 427–30. PMID 16027574.
- ↑ Oliveira C, Matos H, Serra P, Catarino R, Estevão A (2014). “Adult abdominal Burkitt lymphoma with isolated peritoneal involvement”. J Radiol Case Rep. 8 (1): 27–33. doi:10.3941/jrcr.v8i1.1400. PMC 4037242. PMID 24967011.
- ↑ Tzachanis D, Dewar R, Luptakova K, Chang JD, Joyce RM (2014). “Primary cardiac burkitt lymphoma presenting with abdominal pain”. Case Rep Hematol. 2014: 687598. doi:10.1155/2014/687598. PMC 4241305. PMID 25431699.
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