The case of the malignant nasopharyngeal tumor (Burkitt lymphoma) in a child
https://doi.org/10.51922/1818-426X.2023.4.153
Abstract
Symptoms of nasopharyngeal tumors may be scanty for a long time and flow under the “mask” of another pathology. Clinical manifestations of neoplasm of the nasopharynx in a pediatric patient require a diagnostic search between hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsil (adenoids) as well as benign and malignant nasopharyngeal tumors. Among nasopharyngeal tumors in children and adolescence first of all it is necessary to exclude the juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. It is a benign but rapidly progressive neoplasm with a high risk of bleeding and a tendency to destructive growth. Among malignant neoplasms of the nasopharynx in children there are both epithelial (undifferentiated carcinoma) and connective tissue tumors (sarcoma, among which rhabdomyosarcoma predominates) as well as extranodal forms of lymphoma (in particular, with lymphoepithelial organs defeat). The article presents our own clinical observation of a case of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Burkitt lymphoma) of the nasopharynx in a 6-year-old child, which initially looked like hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsil. However, the rapid growth and а tendency to bleeding, which led to the anemization of the patient, posed to specialists a number of differential-diagnostic questions. A comprehensive examination made it possible to make a diagnosis in a short time.
About the Authors
V. Radzionava
УО «Белорусский государственный медицинский университет»
Belarus
Belarus
A. Sakovich
УО «Белорусский государственный медицинский университет»
Belarus
Belarus
D. Kurbasava
УЗ «3 городская детская клиническая больница г. Минска»
Belarus
Belarus
N. Neborskaya
УЗ «3 городская детская клиническая больница г. Минска»
Belarus
Belarus
M. Shlapakova
УЗ «3 городская детская клиническая больница г. Минска»
Belarus
Belarus
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Radzionava V., Sakovich A., Kurbasava D., Neborskaya N., Shlapakova M. The case of the malignant nasopharyngeal tumor (Burkitt lymphoma) in a child. Medical Journal. 2023;(4):153-158. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.51922/1818-426X.2023.4.153
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