Roentgenographic Features of American Burkitt's Lymphoma

Alford, Bennett A.; Coccia, Peter F.; Lheureux, Philippe

doi:10.1148/124.3.763

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“…This high incidence of pleural effusions and no evidence of mediastinal and hilar adenopathy corresponds with previous reports, though one study of 40 patients found three with hilar and mediastinal adenopathy at presentation [8,9]. The other lymphomas have a high incidence of mediastinal adenopathy, though other solid tumors of childhood do not usually present with either mediastinal or hilar adenopathy or pleural effusion.…”

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“…Clinically, Burkitt lymphoma can masquerade as many disease complexes, making the diagnosis difficult. A variety of radiologic procedures for diagnosis and staging have been described in the literature, depending on the mode of presentation of the disease [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Much of this literature has compared American Burkitt lymphoma with African Burkitt lymphoma.…”

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Imaging of Burkitt lymphoma in pediatric patients

Vade

Blane

1985

Pediatr Radiol

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The imaging procedures utilized at presentation in the diagnostic work-up of 19 children with Burkitt lymphoma were reviewed. The distribution of disease was compared to other tumors of childhood so that the most valuable modalities could be identified. Burkitt lymphoma is a rapidly growing tumor in the child, making it essential to suggest the diagnosis as quickly as possible so that biopsy and treatment can be instigated. The primary area of involvement was abdominal (15 of 19), gastrointestinal, intraperitoneal adenopathy, hepatic and pancreatic without retroperitoneal adenopathy. Pleural effusions were common without hilar and mediastinal adenopathy. This is in contrast to other tumors of childhood where mediastinal and hilar disease in the chest and retroperitoneal node involvement in the abdomen are common. Thus sonography is an excellent imaging modality, easily identifying the extent of the disease and so suggesting the diagnosis.

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Imaging of Burkitt lymphoma in pediatric patients

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Blane

1985

Pediatr Radiol

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“…Hydronephrosis is a recognized complication of retroperitoneal or pelvic Burkitt's lymphoma and has been reported in 28 percent of patients (31, a figure comparable to that in the present series. Tumor infiltration is the other most commonly encountered renal abnormality in American Burkitt's lymphoma (13,21). Our two cases of renal lymphoma showed poorly defined peripheral anechoic masses within mildly enlarged kidneys.…”

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“…This is consistent with the reported absence of lumbar para-aortic lymph 's lymphoma (3,7). The large tumors of Burkitt's lymphoma tend to be located in the lower abdomen or pelvis because of the high incidence of ileocecal (13,141, mesenteric, or ovarian (15) involvement. Local or diffuse involvement of the retroperitoneum is not infrequently seen a t surgery, and it may be associated with ureteric obstruction.…”

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“…With gray scale ultrasound these solid peripheral deposits of lymphoma are distinguishable from the central fluid collections of hydronephrosis. Burkitt's lymphoma has also been reported to cause bilateral renal enlargement as a result of diffuse infiltration of the kidneys (13). In the presence of renal obstruction this may be difficult to verify without histologic evidence.…”

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Ultrasound evaluation of american burkitt's lymphoma

Shawker

Dunnick

Head

et al. 1979

J of Clinical Ultrasound

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Burkitt's lymphoma is a childhood disease that characteristically produces large, bulky abdominal tumors. Although these are potentially curable, chemotherapy can produce rapid tumor lysis, with subsequent life-threatening metabolic abnormalities, especially in those patients with large tumors or those who have compromised renal function. Twenty-two patients with proven Burkitt's lymphoma were evaluated by ultrasound. Thirteen patients had abdominal masses. These masses tended to be large, solitary, and acoustically homogeneous. Although most of these tumors were found in the pelvis, upper abdominal and retroperitoneal tumors were also encountered. None of the patients had the typical paravertebral mantle of enlarged nodes seen in other types of lymphoma. In 11 patients with abnormal intravenous pyelograms, ultrasound successfully distinguished between renal lymphoma, hydronephrosis, and, by exclusion, metabolic renal disease. The absence of lymph node disease and the presence of bulky homogeneous extranodal tumor are characteristic ultrasound findings in Burkitt's lymphoma. By locating and quantifying tumor mass and distinguishing between renal lymphoma and hydronephrosis, ultrasound proved to be clinically useful in the management of this disease.

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The value of cytology in diagnosis of serous effusions in malignant lymphomas: An experience of a tertiary care center

Patel

Mehta

et al. 2019

Diagnostic Cytopathology

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Background: Malignant lymphomas (ML) are often complicated by serous effusions.The present study is an attempt to cytologically assess a large series of serous effusions associated with ML, identify the immunoreactivity of cells and to evaluate the role of various ancillary methods in confirming and subtyping these cases. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 4612 serous effusions was undertaken at the Department of Cytology, Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute by retrieving data from the year 2015 to 2017. Total 169 cases of ML, clinically suspicious, were included. All cerebrospinal fluids, serous effusions involved by myeloid neoplasms, and cases of primary effusion lymphomas were excluded from our study. Pap stained smears of all these serous effusions were examined. Ancillary methods such as immunohistochemistry were used to further subtype the positive cases using the WHO classification of hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms (2016). Results: Out of total 169 clinically suspicious cases, 109 cases were cytologically positive for ML which included 73 (66.9%) pleural effusions, 34 (31.1%) ascitic fluids, and 2 (1.8%) pericardial effusions. T-lymphoblastic lymphoma (36.9%) and Burkitt's lymphoma (38.2%) were the most common ML involving the pleural and ascitic fluids respectively. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) more frequently involved the serous cavities than Hodgkin's lymphoma. (P value <.0001). Among the NHL, T-cell lymphomas more commonly lead to serous effusions than B-cell lymphomas (P value <.0048). Conclusion: Cytological examination of serous effusions is an accurate, prompt, affordable technique having diagnostic and therapeutic implications. With the help of ancillary methods, we can identify the phenotype of cells, classify as well as confirm our diagnosis. K E Y W O R D S immunohistochemistry, malignant lymphomas, serous effusions

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Roentgenographic Features of American Burkitt's Lymphoma

Cited by 26 publications

References 22 publications

Imaging of Burkitt lymphoma in pediatric patients

Imaging of Burkitt lymphoma in pediatric patients

Ultrasound evaluation of american burkitt's lymphoma

The value of cytology in diagnosis of serous effusions in malignant lymphomas: An experience of a tertiary care center

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