Case report of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a 15 years old boy with generalized abdominal pain and fever

Lymphoma is the most common malignancy originating from hematopoietic systems. Diverse biological and clinical manifestations of non-Hodgkin lymphoma have been recognized. As an unusual type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma is Burkitt lymphoma. The variability of the initial presentation is not unusual.We present a 15 years old boy with generalized abdominal pain, fever. He had massive orange pleural effusion and ascites. There were multiple peritoneal mass shape lesions and omentum thickening in abdominal CT scan. Pathological investigations of the peritoneal biopsy revealed B-cell lymphoma (starry –sky in pathology).The clinical presentation of sporadic Burkitt lymphoma could mimic some other diseases. Therefore the clinicians should consider Burkitt lymphoma between the multiple differential diagnosis. In the case of peritoneal involvement its differential diagnosis could be usually, peritoneal carcinomatosis, malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, and tuberculous peritonitis.

کلیدواژه ها:

Burkitt lymphoma ، orange pleural effusion ، omentum thickening.