Question 1

what causes burkitt lymphoma?

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Unknown: The etiology  causes of Burkitt lymphoma is unknown.

Question 2

what are the symptoms of burkitt lymphoma?

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It depends to type: Two variants of Burkitt,s lymphoma are recognized : , African and non-African, African present as jaw or orbital tumor , non African present as an abdominal mass.

Question 3

what are the treatments for burkitt lymphoma?

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Treatment: Treatment for Burkitt lymphoma is chemotherapy or radiotherapy or both.

Question 4

do you know what causes lymphoma?

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Hard to say...: Most of the times we don't know what exactly causes lymphoma so there isn't much we can do to prevent it.  Most cases probably have a genetic component but the process is probably multifactorial and many other things need to happen in order to produce lymphoma.  In a small subset of cases, a distinct cause appears to exist: exposure to toxins, radiation, certain viruses (ex: ebv).

Question 5

what causes triple hit lymphoma?

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Immune system: Lymphoma occurs when white blood cells grow out of control. DNA changes observed in these cells show mutations (single, double or triple) The main risk factors for lymphoma are problems with a persons immune system. This is unlike other cancers where lifestyle factors can play an important role. Other risk factors include age, family history, infections, previous cancers.

Question 6

can untreated pid cause lymphoma?

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No: Untreated pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) does not cause lymphoma. I did find a case report of pid being misdiagnosed, and it was eventually found out to be a lymphoma. Other than that, there is no link.

Question 7

does lymphoma cause elevated esr?

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Yes it may: High ESR is a response to inflammatory process in body due to various disease like Tuberculosis,Rheumatoid arthritis, endocarditis .. list is long.In lymphoma like Hodgkin type higher esr is taken as poor  prognosis. However  esr is not a diagnostic method for these conditions ESR  may be used as a crude method to see the response of treatment in Hodgkin lymphoma

Question 8

would lymphoma cause high alk. phos.?

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It is not specific f: High alk. Phos can be caused by any/many liver disorders from any cause including hepatitis, obstruction of the bile due to stone or tumor. Lymphoma itself hs little to do with alk. Phos but it can certainly infilterate into the liver or cause bile duct compression due to enlarged lymph nodes in the porta hepatis area of th eliver and thus  could, indirectly cause high alk phos levels in the blood.

Question 9

what are causes of primary bone lymphoma?

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Viral: It appears that lymphoma, especially in bone marrow arises from viral transfection of the Wnt-1 gene.  This occurs in 3 systems, that is the invasion of the MMTV virus into the cells of the milk duct of the breast, the cells of the prostate and the lymphocyte.  The Wnt-1 gene then turns on overexpression of B catenin which leads to the transformation to malignancy.

Question 10

lymphoma in leg cause any serious problems?

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: Lymphoma ? Lymphoma is a cancer that can kill. Perhaps you mean something else. Try starting over and describing your trouble in detail. This is not a chat room and your posts are not linked, so each must have all related information and a clear question.

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