Sporadic Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting as Intestinal Polyposis in a Child.

Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol

*Department of Pathology ‡Department of Onco-Hematology §Department of Surgery ∥Departement of Garstoenterology Armand Trousseau Hospital Paris, France †Department of Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

Published: October 2017

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