Imaging features of Burkitt lymphoma in pediatric patients

Diagn Interv Radiol. 2016 Jan-Feb;22(1):95-100. doi: 10.5152/dir.2015.15211.

Abstract

Burkitt lymphoma is an aggressive and rapidly growing tumor that is curable and highly sensitive to chemotherapy. It can affect almost every tissue in the body, producing various clinical presentations and imaging appearances, according to the predilection of the different subtypes for certain sites. Awareness of its diagnostically specific imaging appearances plays an important role in rapid detection and treatment. In this pictorial review, we aimed to identify the most common imaging features of Burkitt lymphoma in pediatric patients.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Burkitt Lymphoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Burkitt Lymphoma / pathology
  • Child
  • Female
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male