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PINILLA GONZALEZ, Rafael et al. Burkitt's lymphoma: report of a case diagnosed by laparotomy. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2008, vol.47, n.4. ISSN 0034-7493.

Non-endemic Burkitt's lymphoma is a tumor of frequent abdominal localization that should be taken into consideration before any intraabdominal mass. Although chemotherapy is the election treatment, there is controversy as regards the role surgery should play, specially in those cases where the diagnosis is established by explorative laparotomy. This was the case of a 14-year-old adolescent that presented a hypogastric mass and another lower mass in the right iliac fossa. Some authors do not accept surgery and state that it may delay and complicate chemotherapy, whereas other authors defend the tumoral mass-reducing surgery associated with chemotherapy. This controversy is particularly important when the diagnosis is made in the course of an explorative laparotomy and it should be decided wether to remove the tumoral mass or not. In our case, it was decided to remove the whole macroscopic tumor. The good evolution of our patients and the results attained support this position.

Palabras clave : Burkitt's lymphoma; tumoral mass-reducing surgery; chemotherapy.

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