Severe ascites in young men: there are rapidly fatal malignant causes
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burkitt lymphoma, non-hodgkin lymphoma, epstein-barr virus infections.Abstract
A 37-year-old male attended the emergency room with abdominal distension. He was found to have ascites with a periduodenal mass, peritoneal infiltration and mesenteric venous thrombosis. He also presented with sudden binocular diplopia. He was diagnosed within 48h with sporadic abdominal Burkitt's lymphoma with brain involvement and was treated with chemotherapy, Burkimab-13 protocol. He achieved a complete remission after three months, and has remained in remission two years after diagnosis. It is critical to suspect this lymphoma quickly since the tumor doubles daily in size and is fatal if left untreated, whereas survival reaches 65-95% with chemotherapy.
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