Burkitt's lymphoma surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2]

Overview

The mainstay of treatment for Burkitts lymphoma is chemo therapy and or radiological intervention. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either large abdominal mass, neck or facial mass obstructing airway, ascites, plueral effusion and cardiac tamponade.

Indications

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Burkitts lymphoma. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:

• Large abdominal mass
• Mass obstructing trachea
• Ascities
• Cardiac temponade

Surgery

• The feasibility of surgery depends on the stage of Burkitts lymphoma at diagnosis.