A form of undifferentiated malignant LYMPHOMA usually found in central Africa, but also reported in other parts of the world. It is commonly manifested as a large osteolytic lesion in the jaw or as an abdominal mass. B-cell antigens are expressed on the immature cells that make up the tumor in virtually all cases of Burkitt lymphoma. The Epstein-Barr virus (HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN) has been isolated from Burkitt lymphoma cases in Africa and it is implicated as the causative agent in these cases; however, most non-African cases are EBV-negative.
    

concept

Burkitt Lymphoma

Catalogue

Burkitt : cancer, fiber / by Ethel R. Nelson ; preface by C. Everett Koop.

Mr. Burkitt and Africa / Bernard Glemser.

Epidemiology of cancer.

Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911-1993)

Possible relationships between the African lymphoma and acute leukaemia / by Denis P. Burkitt.