burkitt lymphoma

Main Entry: Bur·kitt's lymphoma
Pronunciation: "b&r-k&ts-
Variant: also Burkitt lymphoma /-k&t-/
Function: noun
: a malignant lymphoma that affects primarily the upper and lower jaws, orbit, retroperitoneal tissues situated near the pancreas, kidneys, ovaries, testes, thyroid, adrenal glands, heart, andpleura, that occurs especially in children of central Africa, and that is associated with Epstein-Barr virus
Burkitt,# /'b&r-k&t,/ Denis Parsons(1911–1993), British surgeon. In 1957 while in Uganda, Burkitt identified for the first time the cancer that now bears his name. In 1970 he published a monograph entitled Burkitt'sLymphoma.

Burkitt's lymphoma Bur·kitt's lymphoma (bûr'kĭts)
n.
An undifferentiated malignant lymphoma usually occurring among children in central Africa, characterized by a large osteolytic lesion in the mandible or by a mass in the retroperitoneal area and associated with the Epstein-Barr virus.