RT Book, Section
A1 Ehrlich, Peter
A2 Ziegler, Moritz M.
A2 Azizkhan, Richard G.
A2 Allmen, Daniel von
A2 Weber, Thomas R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1100439786
T1 The Lymphomas
T2 Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162723-8
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100439786
RD 2024/04/24
AB Staging  laparotomy  is  no  longer  necessary  for  work-up  of  lymphomas.Hodgkins  Disease  accounts  for  6%  of  pediatric  malignancies  and  is  the  most  commonly  diagnosed  cancer  among  adolescents  aged  15  to  19.The  initial  step  to  diagnosis  of  the  Hodgkin  lymphoma  is  lymph  node  biopsy.  If  a  surgeon  decides  to  approach  a  mediastinal  mass  thorascopically,  they  must  ensure  that  adequate  specimens  are  obtained  as  up  to  50%  of  mediastinal  cases  required  a  second  diagnostic  biopsy  when  a  thoracoscopic  biopsy  was  performed.Non-Hodgkin  Lymphomas  (NHL)  are  a  varied  group  of  tumors  with  almost  60  unique  subtypes,  accounting  for  7%  of  tumors  and  are  typically  high  grade.For  the  Burkitt  lymphoma,  the  prognosis  is  dependent  on  the  extent  of  disease  rather  than  on  completeness  of  surgical  resection.