1 From the First Department of Pediatrics, Athens University, "Aghia Sophia," Children's Hospital, Athens
Burkitt-like lymphoma was seen in a hemophilic boy with impaired cell-mediated immunity, of the type described in healthy hemophiliacs. The coexistence of two rare diseases, hemophilia and Burkitt's lymphoma in an immunosuppressed patient is suggestive of a blood-borne agent transmitted with factor VIII concentrates which might be an immune modifier and/or oncogenic at the same time.
Key Words: hemophilia Burkitt-like lymphoma
Submitted on March 27, 1984
Accepted on August 28, 1984