Bilateral Burkitt Lymphoma of the Ovaries: A Report of a Case in a Child with Williams Syndrome

A 10-year-old female with Williams Syndrome (WS) presented with a two-month history of fatigue, weight loss, and bilateral ovarian masses. Histologic, immunophenotypic, and cytogenetic studies confirmed the diagnosis of Burkitt lymphoma (BL). While there is no established association between the two...

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Autores principales: Onimoe, Grace Ifeyinwa, Kahwash, Samir, Termuhlen, Amanda, Gross, Thomas G., Varga, Elizabeth, Rose, Melissa J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21687537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/327263
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author Onimoe, Grace Ifeyinwa
Kahwash, Samir
Termuhlen, Amanda
Gross, Thomas G.
Varga, Elizabeth
Rose, Melissa J.
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Kahwash, Samir
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description A 10-year-old female with Williams Syndrome (WS) presented with a two-month history of fatigue, weight loss, and bilateral ovarian masses. Histologic, immunophenotypic, and cytogenetic studies confirmed the diagnosis of Burkitt lymphoma (BL). While there is no established association between the two disorders, this is the third case in the literature of Burkitt lymphoma in a patient with Williams Syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-31145392011-06-17 Bilateral Burkitt Lymphoma of the Ovaries: A Report of a Case in a Child with Williams Syndrome Onimoe, Grace Ifeyinwa Kahwash, Samir Termuhlen, Amanda Gross, Thomas G. Varga, Elizabeth Rose, Melissa J. Case Rep Med Case Report A 10-year-old female with Williams Syndrome (WS) presented with a two-month history of fatigue, weight loss, and bilateral ovarian masses. Histologic, immunophenotypic, and cytogenetic studies confirmed the diagnosis of Burkitt lymphoma (BL). While there is no established association between the two disorders, this is the third case in the literature of Burkitt lymphoma in a patient with Williams Syndrome. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3114539/ /pubmed/21687537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/327263 Text en Copyright © 2011 Grace Ifeyinwa Onimoe et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Onimoe, Grace Ifeyinwa
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Bilateral Burkitt Lymphoma of the Ovaries: A Report of a Case in a Child with Williams Syndrome
title Bilateral Burkitt Lymphoma of the Ovaries: A Report of a Case in a Child with Williams Syndrome
title_full Bilateral Burkitt Lymphoma of the Ovaries: A Report of a Case in a Child with Williams Syndrome
title_fullStr Bilateral Burkitt Lymphoma of the Ovaries: A Report of a Case in a Child with Williams Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Burkitt Lymphoma of the Ovaries: A Report of a Case in a Child with Williams Syndrome
title_short Bilateral Burkitt Lymphoma of the Ovaries: A Report of a Case in a Child with Williams Syndrome
title_sort bilateral burkitt lymphoma of the ovaries: a report of a case in a child with williams syndrome
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/327263
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