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Treatment with the CODOX-M chemotherapy regimen resulted in significant radiological improvement after 3 months in a 17-year-old female with endobronchial Burkitt's lymphoma.
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Burkitt lymphoma can rarely present as an endobronchial lesion with cough and hemoptysis.
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CODOX-M may benefit rare endobronchial Burkitt lymphoma; single case leaves open need for prospective validation.
Primary endobronchial tumor is seen rarely in young adults. Benign neoplasms such as hamartoma, hemangioma, papilloma, leiomyoma are seen more often whereas maling conditions are infrequent. Lymphoma is quite rare in children. Non Hodgkin lymphoma mostly presents with cervical or supraclavicular painless lymphadenopathies. Rarely cardiac and pulmonary involvement may be seen. Patients can present with cough, dyspnea and chest pain. We report a burkitt lymphoma case presenting with cough and hemoptizia.
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Fatih Üzer (2017) conducted a case report in Burkitt's Lymphoma (n=1). CODOX-M regimen was evaluated on Radiological improvement. Treatment with the CODOX-M chemotherapy regimen resulted in significant radiological improvement after 3 months in a 17-year-old female with endobronchial Burkitt's lymphoma.
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