RT Book, Section
A1 Lichtman, Marshall A.
A1 Kaushansky, Kenneth
A1 Prchal, Josef T.
A1 Levi, Marcel M.
A1 Burns, Linda J.
A1 Armitage, James O.
SR Print(0)
ID 1133365173
T1 Burkitt Lymphoma
T2 Williams Manual of Hematology, 9e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259642470
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1133365173
RD 2024/04/24
AB Burkitt  lymphoma  (BL)  may  present  in  three  distinct  forms:  endemic  (African),  sporadic,  and  immunodeficiency-associated.The  endemic  form  is  found  in  eastern  equatorial  Africa,  with  a  peak  age  incidence  at  4  to  7  years,  and  it  is  nearly  twice  as  frequent  in  boys  as  in  girls.Sporadic  BL,  defined  as  cases  outside  of  endemic  African  regions,  accounts  for  1%  to  2%  of  all  patients  with  non-Hodgkin  lymphoma  (NHL).The  incidence  is  higher  in  males  than  in  females,  and  the  median  age  of  onset  is  30  years.Immunosuppression-related  BL  increased  in  incidence  during  the  AIDS  epidemic.