Burkitt’s lymphoma of the prostate presenting as acute urinary retention: a case report

Abstract Background Non-Hodgkin lymphomas, which include Burkitt’s lymphoma, affect the prostate in only 0.1% of cases. They most commonly present as painless lymphadenopathy elsewhere in the body and can cause abdominal or thoracic pain and systemic symptoms such as fever, weight loss and night swe...

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Main Authors: Marcus Derigs, Anika Pehl, Jorge Riera-Knorrenschild, Rainer Hofmann, Axel Hegele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Urology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12894-020-00616-3