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The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

 
Primary Posterior Mediastinal Burkitt Lymphoma
Mehmet Mutlu1, Nilgün Kurucu2, Haluk Sarıhan3, Ali Ahmetoğlu4, Kadriye Yıldız5
Departments of 1Pediatrics, 2Pediatric Oncology, 3Pediatric Surgery, 4Radiology, and 5Pathology, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey
A 14-year-old boy admitted to our clinic with a 20-day history of fever, cough and respiratory distress. Mediastinal enlargement was observed on chest radiograph. Computed tomography of the chest demonstrated a large posterior mediastinal mass. The histopathological examination of the mass revealed Burkitt's lymphoma. We report this case because primary posterior mediastinal involvement in Burkitt lymphoma is extremely rare in childhood.

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