[Reparative surgery of the sequelae of noma. Our experience in the Ivory Coast].
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Publications and source records attributed to D N Bouillet.
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Burkitt's lymphoma, or endemic hematosarcoma, is the major cancer in childhood and the 6th most common cancer in the Ivory Coast. The authors review classical ideas regarding the disease and stress some recent findings.
Based on a study of 41 cases, the authors report the high incidence of myxo-chondroid varieties on histological examination and their relationship to recurrences attributed to potential changes in myo- epithelial cells.
It was found that accessory salivary glands involvement, in particular intra-maxillary, was most frequent in a study involving 10 cases. Only basaloid varieties have a very poor prognosis and surgery remains the only treatment available.
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