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Linfoma de Burkitt - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Linfoma de células B; Linfoma de células B de gran malignidad

Definición:

Es una forma de linfoma no Hodgkin de muy rápido crecimiento.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

El linfoma de Burkitt se descubrió primero en niños en ciertas partes de África, pero también se presenta en los Estados Unidos.

El tipo africano del linfoma de Burkitt está estrechamente asociado con el virus de Epstein-Barr (VEB), la principal causa de mononucleosis infecciosa, mientras que la forma norteamericana de este linfoma no está ligada a este virus.

El linfoma de Burkitt se observa con mayor frecuencia en hombres.

Sistema linfático

Linfoma maligno - TC

Reviewed last on: 9/6/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Bierman PJ, Harris N, Armitage JO. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 196.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. v.1.2010.

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