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ERIC SARIBAN, MD; IAN T. MAGRATH, MRCP

Am J Dis Child. 1982;136(2):171-172.

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Approximately 75% to 80% of American patients with Burkitt's lymphoma have abdominal tumor when seen initially, which in three quarters of the patients is localized to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.¹ The small intestine is most commonly involved, giving rise to abdominal pain, malaise, fatigue, anemia, and diarrhea. Intussusception is common, bleeding from the bowel is a frequent accompaniment, and perforation may rarely occur.

To our knowledge, only one patient, a 38-year-old man, has been described in the literature as having dysphagia as the first complaint in Burkitt's lymphoma.² We report herein a second case in a male adolescent and review some of the differential diagnoses.

Report of a Case.—A 16-year-old boy was referred to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with a diagnosis of lymphoma. Three months earlier he had begun to experience fatigue and loss of weight that was attributed by his physician to a viral . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Pediatric Oncology Branch National Cancer Institute Bethesda, Md

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