- Author:
Soon Chul KIM
1
;
Jung Won HWANG
;
Min Kyung LEE
;
Pyoung Han HWANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Burkitt lymphoma; Gastric cancer; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- MeSH: Biopsy; Burkitt Lymphoma*; Child*; Drug Therapy; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Gastrointestinal Tract; Helicobacter pylori; Hemorrhage; Humans; Lymphoma; Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; Male; Stomach Neoplasms; Vomiting
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2016;68(2):87-92
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Primary gastric tumors are very rare in children. Burkitt lymphoma is a common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and gastric Burkitt lymphoma usually occurs in the aged. When involving the gastrointestinal tract, primary gastric Burkitt lymphoma is very rare in younger childhood. Many gastric lymphomas including mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma are associated with Helicobacter pylori infection or acute bleeding symptom. We report a seven-year-old boy who presented with only some vomiting and postprandial pain. His upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsy revealed a large primary Burkitt lymphoma with no acute bleeding and no evidence of H. pylori infection. After chemotherapy, he remains in remission.