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Burkitt, n. Path.|ˈbɜːkɪt|
[The name of D. P. Burkitt (1911–93), British surgeon, who described the condition in 1958 (Brit. Jrnl. Surg. XLVI. 218).]
Burkitt's lymphoma, Burkitt tumour: a malignant tumour of the lymphatic system occurring esp. on the jaw and viscera and affecting young children in parts of tropical Africa.
1963Lancet 12 Jan. 109/2 Other tumours such as rhabdomyosarcoma or embryonal sarcoma of the orbit or jaw may mimic some of the features of the Burkitt tumour. 1963Brit. Jrnl. Cancer XVII. 58 The cells in two biopsies of Burkitt's lymphoma have been studied in thin sections with the electron microscope. 1970[see Epstein–Barr virus n.]. 1976Edington & Gilles Path. in Tropics (ed. 2) x. 501 The Burkitt tumour is the commonest tumour of childhood in Uganda and in Ibadan. 1984Tighe & Davies Pathology (ed. 4) x. 84 The best evidence for virus involvement is in Burkitt's lymphoma. 1987Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xix. 184/2 The Burkitt tumours are extremely sensitive to chemotherapy and long-term remissions sometimes result from a single dose of cytotoxic treatment. 1987Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 May 1247/2 In Burkitt's lymphoma there is a translocation between chromosome 8 and the immunoglobulin genes on chromosomes 2, 14, or 22. |