## CASE REPORT A 13-year-old boy, with a history of intermittent toothache and lethargy for the previous 2 months, was referred to the Dental Department of the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, with a swelling of the left lower jaw (Fig. la,b). This had developed following the dental restorati
Burkitt's tumour in a Thai patient. Tumeur de burkitt chez un thaïulandais
✍ Scribed by B. Aramsri; P. Piyaratn; P. Kambhu; S. Thitathan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1967
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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✦ Synopsis
Malignant lymphomas are not uncommon among children in Thailand. Chantarakamol et al. (1966) of Chulalongkorn Hospital, Bangkok, reported 25 cases of malignant lymphoma from 1957 to 1965. One of these was noted to be similar to the group of cases of malignant lymphoma in African children described by Burkitt (1961). It is the purpose of this report to describe this particular case, a Thai boy, and the result of treatment by radiation.
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