Burkitt's lymphoma presenting as lower lip paraesthesia in a 24 year old Nigerian. Case report

Citation
Vi. Ugboko et al., Burkitt's lymphoma presenting as lower lip paraesthesia in a 24 year old Nigerian. Case report, AUST DENT J, 44(1), 1999, pp. 58-60
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry/Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
AUSTRALIAN DENTAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00450421 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
58 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-0421(199903)44:1<58:BLPALL>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
An unusual case of stage D Burkitt's lymphoma in a 24 year old Nigerian fem ale undergraduate is reported. There was a four month history of left lower lip paraesthesia followed three months later by a slowly progressive 'pimp le-sized' nodular mandibular swelling arising from the mental foramen regio n. A full-blown, rapidly developing abdominal mass manifested only three we eks after a biopsy of the mandibular swelling. Aspiration of the latter and a histologic report of the mandibular mass confirmed Burkitt's lymphoma. T he patient responded very well to appropriate chemotherapy. Clinicians shou ld not overlook insidious jaw swellings in any adult residing in the endemi c zone of Burkitt's lymphoma, in view of the fact that successful therapy i s dependent on early diagnosis. Mental nerve paraesthesia is very rarely se en in Burkitt's lymphoma.