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An 11-year-old Jamaican boy develops a massive benign enlargement of the cervical lymph nodes associated with fever and leukocytosis. Which of the following lymph node disorders could account for these findings?

A. Toxoplasmosis
B. Histiocytic medullary reticulosis
C. Burkitt’s disease
D. Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy
E. Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia

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  #2

C-BURKITT'S DZ

  #3

yes agree with C

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  #4

ans is D
Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (SHML) is an idiopathic histiocytosis
is usually a self-limited, benign, node-based disorder with systemic manifestations affecting individuals in the first 2 decades of life
more commonly seen in blacks

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  #5

Is burkitt's disease different from burkitts lymphoma? for some reason when i read the question, i thought thats what the choice said, either way i was wrong, thanx for the answer mash.

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  #6

i think they r same..

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  #7

both r same

  #8

in lymphoma and leukemia lymph nose architecture is always disturbed to some extent,, imp in differrentiating from benign conditions.

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