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Two South West African cases of Burkitt lymphoma


S. S. Grove
G von Biljon

Abstract

Two cases from South West Africa presenting with intraabdominal Burkitt tumours are described. One patient, after an initial dramatic response to vincristine sulphate therapy, relapsed and died, apparently insensitive to further chemotherapy. The second patient died before the histological diagnosis became known. These are, as far as is known, the first cases from South West Africa to be described. The climatic and geographical conditions of the territory of South West Africa are discussed in view 'of the differences as compared with those of countries in which Burkitts tumour occurs as a common malignancy in childhood.


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