A case of Burkitt's lymphoma cell leukemia in primary gastric lymphoma.
- Author:
Seong Joon YOON
1
;
In Yeol RYU
;
Ji Hyun LEE
;
Won Hyuk SIN
;
Jeong Seok LEE
;
Eui Hyuk CHOI
;
Jong Hoon YOO
;
Su Hee HONG
;
Dong Yun LEE
;
Joon Sang LEE
;
Ji Hwa KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Primary gastric lymphoma Burkitt's lymphoma cell leukemia
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Bone Marrow;
Burkitt Lymphoma*;
Cytogenetic Analysis;
Humans;
Immunophenotyping;
Leukemia*;
Lymphoma*;
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin;
Middle Aged;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Vacuoles;
Weight Loss
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
1998;54(2):266-271
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Burkitt's lymphoma is a distinct clinical entity classified as an undifferentiated lymphoma of B-lymphocytic origin. Burkitt's lymphoma cell leukemia occurs when Burkitt's lymphoma cells represent more than 20% of marrow cells and exceed about 5000/ul in blood. We report a case of Burkitt's lymphoma cell leukemia in primary gastric lymphoma in 55-year-old man with 5kg of weight loss for 2 months and epigastric pain for 3 days. Primary gastric lymphoma was diagnosed by biopsies with gastrofiberoscopy and upper abdominal CT scan in this patient. During admission, peripheral blood smear revealed sudden increase in abnormal blasts with multiple vacuoles. Burkitt's lymphoma cell leukemia was diagnosed by peripheral blood smear, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, immunophenotyping and cytogenetic analysis in this patient. For its great rarity, we report this case with review of literature.
