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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]
Overview
The mainstay of treatment for Burkitts lymphoma is chemo therapy and or radiological intervention. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either large abdominal mass, neck or facial mass obstructing airway, ascites, plueral effusion and cardiac tamponade.
Indications
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Burkitts lymphoma. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:
Surgery
- The feasibility of surgery depends on the stage of Burkitts lymphoma at diagnosis.
References
- ↑ Shamberger RC, Weinstein HJ (1992). "The role of surgery in abdominal Burkitt's lymphoma". J Pediatr Surg. 27 (2): 236–40. PMID 1564624.
- ↑ Ben-Ari J, Schonfeld T, Harlev E, Steinberg R, Yaniv I, Katz J; et al. (2005). "Life-threatening airway obstruction secondary to mass in children-a preventable event?". Pediatr Emerg Care. 21 (7): 427–30. PMID 16027574.
- ↑ Oliveira C, Matos H, Serra P, Catarino R, Estevão A (2014). "Adult abdominal Burkitt lymphoma with isolated peritoneal involvement". J Radiol Case Rep. 8 (1): 27–33. doi:10.3941/jrcr.v8i1.1400. PMC 4037242. PMID 24967011.