Burkitt`s lymphoma (Burkitt`s tumor, Burkitt lymphoma, or malignant lymphoma, Burkitt`s type) is a cancer of the lymphatic system, particularly B lymphocytes found in the germinal center. It is named after Denis Parsons Burkitt, a surgeon who first described the disease in 1958 while working in equatorial Africa. ==Classification== Currently Bu......
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<oncology, tumour> A type of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma that most often occurs in young people between the ages of 12 and 30. The disease usually causes a rapidly growing tumour in the abdomen. ... (12 May 1997) ...
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Malignant tumour of lymphoblasts derived from B-lymphocytes. Most commonly affects children in tropical Africa: both Epstein-Barr virus and immunosuppression due to malarial infection are involved.
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Burkitt's lymphoma: See: Burkitt lymphoma.Common Misspellings: burkitt's limpoma, burkitt's lypoma, burkitt's lymphnoma, burkitt's lympoma, burkitt's lynphoma
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a cancer of lymph tissue that most frequently occurs in the abdomen, the ovaries, and the bones of the face; it is associated with malaria
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a type of poorly differentiated malignant lymphoma, mainly afflicting children in central Africa, characterized by a large, bone-destroying lesion of the jaw, an abdominal mass, or more diffuse disease: believed to be associated with Epstein-Barr virus.
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