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Paravertebral Burkitt’s Lymphoma in a Child: An Unusual Presentation
Hoyoux, Claire; FORGET, Patricia; Piette, Caroline et al.
2012In Case Reports in Medicine, Article ID 891714, 4 pages
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Abstract :
[en] Paravertebral malignant tumors constitute 4.8% of cancer cases in pediatric oncology and are mostly composed of neuroblastoma (46.4%) and soft tissue sarcomas (35.7%). We describe the case of a Caucasian 6-year-old boy who was admitted for middle back pain radiated to limbs and progressively increasing weakness of the legs, suggesting a spinal cord disease. The exploration revealed two paravertebral masses extending through the neural foraminae into the epidural space. The association with elevated serum neuron specific enolase suggested at first the diagnosis of neuroblastoma, but the pathological examination revealed a Burkitt’s lymphoma. This is a rare location of sporadic Burkitt’s lymphoma with neurologic syndrome as first symptoms.
Disciplines :
Oncology
Pediatrics
Hematology
Author, co-author :
Hoyoux, Claire ;  Université de Liège > Département des sciences cliniques > Département des sciences cliniques
FORGET, Patricia ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de pédiatrie (CHR)
Piette, Caroline ;  Université de Liège > Département des sciences cliniques > Pédiatrie
DRESSE, Marie-Françoise ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de pédiatrie (CHR)
Florkin, Benoît 
Rausin, L
THIRY, Albert ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
Language :
English
Title :
Paravertebral Burkitt’s Lymphoma in a Child: An Unusual Presentation
Publication date :
2012
Journal title :
Case Reports in Medicine
ISSN :
1687-9627
eISSN :
1687-9635
Publisher :
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Volume :
Article ID 891714, 4 pages
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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