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Traumatic Rupture of Jejunal Burkitt's Lymphoma with Intestinal Transection
Anoop Singh1, Girish Prabhakar1
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sardar Patel Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
|January 29, 2019
Abstract:
Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[1] BL of the small intestine, presenting as a surgical emergency needing emergency laparotomy, is an uncommon presentation of this tumor. We present a case of BL presenting as perforation peritonitis after blunt trauma abdomen.