Burkitt's lymphoma in pregnant woman: Difficult management of a rare case.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Burkitt's lymphoma (BL), an aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), is extremely rare during pregnancy. In the case of bowel localization, diagnosis can be very difficult. Moreover, signs and symptoms of the primary small intestine lymphoma are nonspecific, mostly attributable to the "mass effect" of the tumor. The most frequent symptom is abdominal cramp-like pain, associated with nausea and vomiting.

Presentation of case

We report a rare case of a 37-year-old pregnant woman, at the 33rd week of gestation, with an abdominal-pelvic mass of uncertain nature. Surgical strategy consisted of a two-step procedure, which involved a cesarean section and typing of the mass: extemporaneous examination hypothesized intestinal lymphoma. The definitive histologica

SUBMITTER: Cucinella G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876741 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature