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==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
*Burkitt's lymphoma was first discovered by [[Denis Parsons Burkitt]], an Irish [[surgeon]], in 1958 while working in Africa.<ref name="pmid13628987">{{cite journal |author=Burkitt D |title=A sarcoma involving the jaws in African children |journal=The British journal of surgery |volume=46 |issue=197 |pages=218–23 |year=1958 |pmid=13628987|doi=10.1002/bjs.18004619704}}</ref> | *Burkitt's lymphoma was first discovered by [[Denis Parsons Burkitt]], an Irish [[surgeon]], in 1958 while working in Africa.<ref name="pmid13628987">{{cite journal |author=Burkitt D |title=A sarcoma involving the jaws in African children |journal=The British journal of surgery |volume=46 |issue=197 |pages=218–23 |year=1958 |pmid=13628987|doi=10.1002/bjs.18004619704}}</ref> | ||
* In 1961 Burkitt and O'Connor detailed the features of the clinical syndrome known as Burkitt's lymphoma. Soon afterward, Wright discovered that this lymphoma can be distinguished from other forms of lymphomas based on key histopathological features.<ref name="pmid8154453">{{cite journal| author=Ortiz-Hidalgo C| title=A short history of Hodgkin's disease and Burkitt's lymphoma. | journal=Am J Clin Pathol | year= 1994 | volume= 101 | issue= 4 Suppl 1 | pages= S27-33 | pmid=8154453 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8154453 }} </ref> | * In 1961 Burkitt and O'Connor detailed the features of the clinical syndrome known as Burkitt's lymphoma. Soon afterward, Wright discovered that this [[lymphoma]] can be distinguished from other forms of [[lymphomas]] based on key [[histopathological]] features.<ref name="pmid8154453">{{cite journal| author=Ortiz-Hidalgo C| title=A short history of Hodgkin's disease and Burkitt's lymphoma. | journal=Am J Clin Pathol | year= 1994 | volume= 101 | issue= 4 Suppl 1 | pages= S27-33 | pmid=8154453 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8154453 }} </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2], Kamal Akbar, M.D.[3]
Overview
Burkitt's lymphoma was first discovered by Denis Parsons Burkitt, an Irish surgeon, in 1958 while working in Africa.
Historical Perspective
- Burkitt's lymphoma was first discovered by Denis Parsons Burkitt, an Irish surgeon, in 1958 while working in Africa.[1]
- In 1961 Burkitt and O'Connor detailed the features of the clinical syndrome known as Burkitt's lymphoma. Soon afterward, Wright discovered that this lymphoma can be distinguished from other forms of lymphomas based on key histopathological features.[2]
References
- ↑ Burkitt D (1958). "A sarcoma involving the jaws in African children". The British journal of surgery. 46 (197): 218–23. doi:10.1002/bjs.18004619704. PMID 13628987.
- ↑ Ortiz-Hidalgo C (1994). "A short history of Hodgkin's disease and Burkitt's lymphoma". Am J Clin Pathol. 101 (4 Suppl 1): S27–33. PMID 8154453.