A case of late recurrence of Burkitt's Lymphoma presenting with abdominal masses and haematemesis
2007
In August, 2005, a 10 year old boy was admitted to a district hospital
with marked haematemesis and a huge abdominal mass. Initially, he was
treated for ruptured oesophageal varices, but in vain. Then he was
transferred to Mzuzu Central Hospital. The history revealed a previous
clinical diagnosis of Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) in 2002, without
pathological confirmation, when he had bilateral jaw masses and an
epigastric mass. He had received four doses of cyclophosphamide (CPM)
chemotherapy, 40mg/kg/dose fortnightly and responded partially with
shrinkage of abdominal mass. One dose of intravenous combined
chemotherapy of CPM, vincristine (1.5mg/sq.m/dose) and methotrexate
(20mg/sq.m/dose) (COM) was then administered before he was lost to
follow up.
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