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Burkitt's Lymphoma in a Pregnant Woman : Case Report and Review of the Literature
Joint Authors
David Santos, Pedro
Zagalo, Carlos
Pierdomenico, Francesca
Cabeçadas, José
Source
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-05-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive B-cell malignancy with very high proliferation rate, more common in males than females.
Here, we describe a case of Burkitt's lymphoma in a 24-week pregnant woman with cervical and abdominal involvement.
The common genetic event of virtually all BL is a reciprocal chromosomal translocation involving the proto-oncogene MYC and one of the Ig gene heavy or light chain loci.
Supportive treatment was administered until early delivery, after which the patient was treated according to protocol LMB96.
Pregnancy and tumorogenesis share some important events such as immunologic tolerance, angiogenesis, and editing the host immune response.
Little is known about the relationship between these events in pregnancy and in tumorogenesis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zagalo, Carlos& Pierdomenico, Francesca& Cabeçadas, José& David Santos, Pedro. 2013. Burkitt's Lymphoma in a Pregnant Woman : Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zagalo, Carlos…[et al.]. Burkitt's Lymphoma in a Pregnant Woman : Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Zagalo, Carlos& Pierdomenico, Francesca& Cabeçadas, José& David Santos, Pedro. Burkitt's Lymphoma in a Pregnant Woman : Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466620
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-466620