East African medical journal
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Multicenter Study
Clinical characteristics of Burkitt's lymphoma seen in Kenyan patients.
To document the clinical features of Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) in the study population. ⋯ The clinical features are protean and BL is a rapidly progressive disease, presenting with swelling, majority in the jaw and abdomen in childhood and young adults. Age, sex and geographical (province) appear to influence the primary site of the disease. Also BL is a differential in many clinical presentations in this childhood setting.