Internal and Emergency Medicine

, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 161–163 | Cite as

Acute tumor lysis syndrome after rituximab administration in Burkitt’s lymphoma

  • Zaher K. Otrock
  • Hassan A. Hatoum
  • Ziad M. Salem
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Keywords

Uric Acid Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Bone Marrow Aspirate Tumor Lysis Syndrome Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Zaher K. Otrock
    • 1
  • Hassan A. Hatoum
    • 1
  • Ziad M. Salem
    • 1
  1. 1.Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal MedicineAmerican University of Beirut Medical CenterBeirutLebanon

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