Beyond Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma: Navigating Challenges of Differentiating Childhood Lymphoma Diagnoses Amid Limitations in Pathology Resources in Lilongwe, Malawi

Beyond Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma: Navigating Challenges of Differentiating Childhood Lymphoma Diagnoses Amid Limitations in Pathology Resources in Lilongwe, Malawi

Background. Although Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is the most common childhood lymphoma in sub-Saharan Africa, Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and other non-Hodgkin lymphomas occur. Diagnosing non-jaw mass presentations is challenging with limited pathology resources. Procedure. We retrospectively analyzed 114 pedia...

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Main Authors: Nader Kim El-Mallawany MD, Mercy Mutai CO, Idah Mtete CO, Satish Gopal MD, Christopher C. Stanley MS, Peter Wasswa MBChB, Mary Mtunda NMT, Mary Chasela NMT, William Kamiyango CO, Jimmy Villiera CO, Yuri Fedoriw MD, Nathan D. Montgomery MD, George N. Liomba MBChB, Coxcilly Kampani Dip, Robert Krysiak MS, Katherine D. Westmoreland MD, Maria H. Kim MD, Jeremy S. Slone MD, MPH, Michael E. Scheurer PhD, MPH, Carl E. Allen MD, PhD, Parth S. Mehta MD, MPH, Peter N. Kazembe MBChB
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:Global Pediatric Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X17715831

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