CASE REPORT   

Journal of Radiological Review 2021 June;8(2):175-9

DOI: 10.23736/S2723-9284.21.00100-5

Copyright © 2021 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

A rare case of pediatric pancreatic Burkitt lymphoma

Giuseppe PAVIGLIANITI ¹, Maria A. CANGEMI ², Giulia A. RESTIVO ³, Serena AMATO ³, Piero FARRUGGIA ⁴, Sabrina SPOTO ⁵, Rocco MINELLI ⁶ ✉, Donatella IRACE ⁷, Enrica ROSSI ⁸, Eugenio ROSSI ⁹

¹ Unit of Pediatric Radiology, ARNAS Ospedali Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy; ² Pediatric Unit, Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Castelvetrano, Trapani, Italy; ³ G. D’Alessandro Department of Sciences for the Promotion of Health and Maternal and Childhood, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; ⁴ Unit of Pediatric Oncohematology, ARNAS Ospedali Civico di Cristina Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy; ⁵ Unit of Pediatric Cardiology, ARNAS Ospedali Civico di Cristina Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy; ⁶ V. Tiberio Department of Life and Health, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy; ⁷ Pediatric Section, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy; ⁸ Department of Radiology, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy; ⁹ Unit of Radiology and Ultrasound, A.O.R.N. Santobono-Pausilipon, Pausilipon Hospital, Naples, Italy

Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is the most common histological type among pediatric non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL). It is a neoplasm with a high Proliferation Index and most often originates from an extranodal site; secondary pancreatic involvement can affect up to one third of patients with NHL while primary pancreatic lymphoma is rare. We present the clinical case of a 6-year-old boy with pancreatic Burkitt lymphoma and atypical symptoms.

KEY WORDS: Burkitt lymphoma; Pancreas; Pediatrics