J Korean Surg Soc.
2005 Nov;69(5):434-437.
Terminal Ileal Burkitt's Lymphoma in an Adult
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Surgery, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea. surgeon1@snu.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- A Burkitt's lymphoma is a rare disease belonging to the aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, which usually occurs in children or adolescents. Burkitt's lymphoma was first reported in the medical literature as a jaw sarcoma of East African children, and those of the gastrointestinal tract occurring in adults have rarely been reported in Korea. Herein, we report an unusual case of a primary intestinal Burkitt's lymphoma, presenting with a palpable abdominal mass and abdominal pain, in a 46-year-old man. An ileocecectomy was performed, and the diagnosis confirmed by histological examination.
