Burkitt`s Lymphoma Presenting as Ileocolic Intussusception in a 8 year old boy.

Authors

D Basnet, R Makaju, N Gautam, B Shrestha, S Sharma

Published in

Kathmandu University medical journal (KUMJ). Volume 23. Issue 92. Pages 559-561.

Abstract

Burkitt's lymphoma is an aggressive type of B-cell Non-Hodgkin lymphoma accounting for approximately 34% of lymphomas occurring in children. Non endemic Burkitt's lymphoma frequently involves abdomen and present with symptoms of bowel obstruction secondary to ileo-caecal intussusception caused by tumor growth, obstruction or bleeding and mimicking acute appendicitis. Histologically Burkitt's lymphoma is characterized by diffuse atypical lymphoid infiltrate composed of monomorphic lymphoid cells and "starry-sky" appearance. We are reporting the case of an 8 year old Nepali male who presented to our hospital with intussuseption secondary to mass which was histologically and innumohistochemically consistent with Burkitt's lymphoma.

PMID:
42318739
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 19 Jun 2026.

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