KUMJ | VOL. 23 | NO. 4 | ISSUE 92 | OCTOBER-DECEMBER

Burkitt`s Lymphoma Presenting as Ileocolic Intussusception in a 8 year old boy
Basnet D, Makaju R, Gautam N, Shrestha B, Sharma S

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.
Keyword : Burkitt, Childhood, Gastrointestinal, Lymphoma