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Table 2 Characteristics of colonic Burkitt's lymphoma.

From: Burkitt's lymphoma of the colon and bronchi: three case reports

Reference

Patient 2 (this report)

Patient 3 (this report)

Dunning et al. [13]

Chang et al. [14]

Age

16

37

14

23

Sex

M

M

M

F

Anatomic location

Appendix

Ileocecum

Ileocecum

Ileocecum

Clinical presentation

Acute appendicitis

Abdominal pain, rectal bleeding

Colonic ischemia, cardiac arrest, sepsis

Abdominal pain, Intussusception

Bone marrow

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

CSF

Neg

Neg

Neg

Neg

EBV

Neg

Neg

not done

pos

Treatment

Appendectomy + Hyper-CVAD + rituximab

Hyper-CVAD + rituximab

Ileocecal resection

Hemicoloectomy + CHOP

Follow up

CR

CR

Brain death

CR

  1. CSF = cerebrospinal fluid; EBV = Epstein-Barr virus; CVAD = cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, dexamethasone; CHOP = cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone; CR = complete remission.