Simge KAYA, Elvan Çağlar ÇITAK, Yasemin KARABULUT, Eda Bengi YILMAZ, Demir APAYDIN

Pancreatic Involvement of Burkitt Lymphoma in a Child and Review of the Literature

Pancreatic involvement of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is extremely rare in childhood and can be overlooked in differential diagnosis of pancreatic masses. In this report we described a 10year-old boy who presented with pancreatitis and obstructive jaundice, which was the result of pancreatic involvement of Burkitt lymphoma.

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