Blood, 1963, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 243-251.
© 1963 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Leukemia in Burkitts Lymphoma
R. A. CLIFT 1,
D. H. WRIGHT 1, and
PETER CLIFFORD 1
1 Medical Research Laboratory, Nairobi, Kenya; Makerere University College
Medical School, Kampala, Uganda; and King George VI Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
1. Four cases of Burkitts tumor with terminal lymphoblastic leukemia are
recorded.
2. The lymphomatous nature of the disease is thus confirmed.
3. The relationship of Burkitts tumor to classical lymphoblastic leukemia
and its possible viral etiology are discussed.
Submitted on February 1, 1963
Accepted on May 2, 1963