burkitt lymphoma/edema

OBJECTIVE To describe a series of 3 immunocompetent patients with the sporadic form of orbital Burkitt lymphoma and review the outcomes of such patients reported in the scientific literature. METHODS Retrospective review of medical records and the literature. Cases of orbital Burkitt lymphoma in

A case of sporadic Burkitt lymphoma (sBL) presenting with jaw and lid involvement in a diabetic adult African American female and a review of adult orbital Burkitt lymphoma cases are presented. Lid edema, visual loss, ophthalmoparesis, proptosis, and sinusitis progressed over 4 weeks despite

Primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma is rare and is most often seen in immunodeficient patients. The majority of these tumors are the non-Hodgkin type and are high grade. Primary Burkitt lymphoma of the CNS in immunocompetent individuals has rarely been reported. The authors treated a

OBJECTIVE To evaluate intestinal lesions in Burkitt lymphoma. METHODS Ultrasonography was used in the initial evaluation of 6 Japanese patients with intestinal Burkitt lymphoma. RESULTS Ultrasonography revealed marked wall thickening of the colon from the cecum through either the ascending or the

We describe a newly diagnosed HIV-infected child, without prior history of AIDS-defining disease, who presented with Burkitt lymphoma-related cauda equina syndrome that rapidly progressed to a flaccid paraplegia. Diagnosis was confirmed on biopsy and magnetic resonance imaging of the spine showed

Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) are a heterogenic group of lymphoproliferative diseases with their different behavior pattern and response to treatments. As a Hodgkin disease, NHL occurs from lymphoid tissues and can spread to other organs. Prognosis depends on histologic type, grade, and treatment. In

Primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSLs) are typically intraparenchymal. A subset of PCNSLs predominantly arises in the ventricles, with minimal parenchymal involvement. We review the clinical, radiological, and pathological features of ventricle-predominant PCNSLs (VP-PCNSLs) in 40

Objective: To analyze the morbidity, clinical characteristics, therapeutic outcomes and prognosis of cardiac lymphoma. Methods: Individual patient data were obtained from pathology defined 10 cases of cardiac lymphoma from Jan 2000 to Jun 2016. The patient's general information, clinical

OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical characteristics of AIDS-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma (ARL) and review relative literature for the diagnosis and treatment of ARL. METHODS The clinical data of ARL patients admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital from April 2009 to April 2011 were

OBJECTIVE To describe the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of central nervous system lymphoma. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed MRI images of 40 patients who had pathologically proven primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) and received treatment in Binzhou People's Hospital,

Cardiac masses are rare, the differential diagnosis includes infections with vegetations or abscesses, neoplasms, thrombi, and structural abnormalities. A pathology specimen is essential in therapeutic strategy planning for a cardiac mass, also if the primary imaging findings look dramatic at the