Burkitt-like lymphoma in an infant: a case report

childhood non-hodgkin's lymphomas, including burkitt and burkitt-like, are rarely diagnosed in infants. a case of b-cell lymphoma in a 13-month-old girl with extensive abdominal disease, ascites, pleural effusion, and tumor lysis syndrome is reported. phenotypic analysis showed a germinal center b-cell phenotype, and a b-cell clonality was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. there was no evidence of epstein-barr and hiv infection. the case herein reported emphasizes the need for considering the diagnosis of lymphoma even in very young children.