Professional paper

Burkitt’s Lymphoma: a Rare Sporadic Case

Ozer Nedim
Alpkilic Esra
Hayirlioglu Asli
Ak Guslum

Abstract

We report a case of a 9 year-old boy who had multilocular lesions in both of his jaws. There was extraoral facial asymmetry and intraoral examination revealed remarkable gingival lesions with fixed swellings on the left and right parts of both maxilla and mandible. Radiographic examination included panoramic radiograph showing only a slight radiolucency in the left premolar and molar region of mandible. Incisional biopsy of the gingival masses was performed and histopathologic examination disclosed BL. The treatment could not be completed due to the disagreement of patient’s parents who were uneducated and had a low social status. The patient died within 8 months after the diagnosis. In this report we aimed to present a rare
sporadic case of BL with a four segmental involvement of the jaws which is usually seen in endemic type of BL as well as emphasize the significance of the cooperation between physicians and patients.

Keywords

Burkıtt lymphoma; Jaws, Treatment

Hrčak ID:

16568

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/16568

Publication date:

15.9.2007.

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