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Linfoma de Burkitt - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

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

Síntomas:

El linfoma de Burkitt se puede notar inicialmente como una inflamación de los ganglios linfáticos del cuello, la ingle o por debajo del brazo. Con frecuencia, estos ganglios linfáticos inflamados son indoloros, pero pueden crecer muy rápidamente.

En los tipos más comunes que se observan en los Estados Unidos, el cáncer generalmente comienza en el área abdominal. La enfermedad también puede iniciarse en los ovarios, los testículos, el cerebro y el líquido cefalorraquídeo.

Los síntomas abarcan:

Ganglios que crecen juntos para formar un tumor
Ganglios linfáticos insensibles
Rápido crecimiento de ganglios linfáticos
Inexplicable inflamación de ganglios linfáticos

Signos y exámenes:

Biopsia de la médula ósea
Radiografía del tórax
Tomografía computarizada del tórax, el abdomen y la pelvis
Hemograma o conteo sanguíneo completo (CSC)
Análisis del líquido cefalorraquídeo
Biopsia del ganglio linfático
TEP (tomografía por emisión de positrones)

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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