"Burkitt Lymphoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of undifferentiated malignant LYMPHOMA usually found in central Africa, but also reported in other parts of the world. It is commonly manifested as a large osteolytic lesion in the jaw or as an abdominal mass. B-cell antigens are expressed on the immature cells that make up the tumor in virtually all cases of Burkitt lymphoma. The Epstein-Barr virus (HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN) has been isolated from Burkitt lymphoma cases in Africa and it is implicated as the causative agent in these cases; however, most non-African cases are EBV-negative.
| Descriptor ID |
D002051
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.466.313.165 C02.928.313.165 C04.557.386.480.150.165 C15.604.515.569.480.150.165 C20.683.515.761.480.150.165
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| Concept/Terms |
Burkitt Lymphoma- Burkitt Lymphoma
- Burkitt Leukemia
- Leukemia, Burkitt
- Leukemia, Lymphoblastic, Burkitt-Type
- Burkitt's Lymphoma
- Burkitts Lymphoma
- Lymphoma, Burkitt's
- Burkitt Cell Leukemia
- Cell Leukemia, Burkitt
- Leukemia, Burkitt Cell
- Burkitt's Tumor
- Burkitts Tumor
- Tumor, Burkitt's
- Burkitt Tumor
- Tumor, Burkitt
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, L3
- Lymphocytic Leukemia, L3
- L3 Lymphocytic Leukemia
- L3 Lymphocytic Leukemias
- Leukemia, L3 Lymphocytic
- Leukemias, L3 Lymphocytic
- Lymphocytic Leukemias, L3
- Burkitt's Leukemia
- Burkitts Leukemia
- Leukemia, Burkitt's
- Lymphoma, Burkitt
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Burkitt Lymphoma" by people in Profiles.
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Patterns of incident Burkitt lymphoma during the HIV epidemic among the Black African and White population in South Africa. Br J Cancer. 2025 Mar; 132(5):462-468.
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CD4 + T cells are found within endemic Burkitt lymphoma and modulate Burkitt lymphoma precursor cell viability and expression of pathogenically relevant Epstein-Barr virus genes. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2022 Jun; 71(6):1371-1392.
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Southern Africa: review of 487 cases from The International Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Classification Project. Br J Haematol. 2016 Mar; 172(5):716-23.
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Infection with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) among children with cancer in South Africa. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jan; 56(1):77-9.