Summary
A primary Burkitt-type lymphoma of the CNS was reported which developed in an 11-year-old boy 6 months after extirpation of an astrocytoma. Primary Burkitt-type lymphomas have been described only twice in the literature.
The morphological aspect is interesting with regard to the problem of collision tumors.
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Giromini, D., Peiffer, J. & Tzonos, T. Occurrence of a primary burkitt-type lymphoma of the central nervous system in an astrocytoma patient. Acta Neuropathol 54, 165–167 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00689412
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