Sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma masquerading as an intussuscepted Meckel's diverticulum in a 9-year-old child

Jessica Yan-Seen Ng; Richard James Thompson; Alfred Lam; Sonu Nigam

doi:10.1136/bcr-2018-224333

Sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma masquerading as an intussuscepted Meckel's diverticulum in a 9-year-old child

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jul 24:2018:bcr2018224333. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-224333.

Authors

Jessica Yan-Seen Ng¹, Richard James Thompson¹, Alfred Lam², Sonu Nigam²

Affiliations

¹ Surgery, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
² Pathology, Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia.

Abstract

We report the case of a 9-year-old boy who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have an intussusception with a sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) lead point. Our case was unusual in that the patient did not present with the typical clinical features of BL, nor was he in a high-risk demographic for this uncommon disease.

Keywords: gastroenterology; haematology (incl blood transfusion); paediatric surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology
Anastomosis, Surgical
Appendectomy
Burkitt Lymphoma / complications
Burkitt Lymphoma / diagnosis*
Burkitt Lymphoma / diagnostic imaging
Burkitt Lymphoma / surgery
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Ileal Neoplasms / complications
Ileal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Ileal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Ileal Neoplasms / surgery
Intussusception / complications
Intussusception / diagnosis*
Intussusception / diagnostic imaging
Intussusception / surgery
Male
Meckel Diverticulum / complications
Meckel Diverticulum / diagnosis*
Meckel Diverticulum / diagnostic imaging
Meckel Diverticulum / surgery