Daniel E
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Trop Geogr Med. 1990 Jul;42(3):255-60.
Burkitt's lymphoma is the commonest malignancy seen in childhood in Ethiopia. Thirty-nine children admitted to the Ethio-Swedish Children's Hospital from January 1971 to December 1988 were studied. The male to female ratio was 1.3:1, 24(63%) were from non-malarious areas, 29(76%) came from areas with altitude above 1500 meters above sea level, 36(95%) came from areas with mean annual temperature above 16 degrees C and 35(61%) patients came from areas with mean annual rainfall above 1000 mm. The commonest presentation was abdominal mass followed by jaw swelling. Eight (20%) patients died in hospital. The geographic distribution of the tumour seems to be different from that seen in some parts of Africa. Studies with regard to Epstein-Barr virus linkage in Ethiopia are warranted.
伯基特淋巴瘤是埃塞俄比亚儿童期最常见的恶性肿瘤。对1971年1月至1988年12月入住埃塞俄比亚-瑞典儿童医院的39名儿童进行了研究。男女比例为1.3:1，24名（63%）来自非疟疾流行地区，29名（76%）来自海拔高于海平面1500米的地区，36名（95%）来自年平均气温高于16摄氏度的地区，35名（61%）患者来自年平均降雨量高于1000毫米的地区。最常见的表现是腹部肿块，其次是颌部肿胀。8名（20%）患者在医院死亡。该肿瘤的地理分布似乎与非洲某些地区所见不同。有必要在埃塞俄比亚开展关于爱泼斯坦-巴尔病毒关联的研究。
