PEDS: Burkitt Lymphoma

Today's Episode Alexis reviews Case 2 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 9-year-old male presents complaining of progressive left jaw pain and swelling. He has been having intermittent epistaxis for 2 weeks, and 1 week ago he noticed left-sided jaw swelling. At that time, he was prescribed amoxicillin for a presumed infectious cause. He did not respond to the antibiotics, however, and developed increasing pain in his left jaw, accompanied by trismus and a 3-kg weight loss. Today's Host Alexis Burnette is a medical resident at Los Angeles General Medical Center. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj www.BeyondThePearls.net The Dr. Raj Podcast Dr. Raj on Twitter Dr. Raj on Instagram Want more board review content? USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium USMLE Step 3 Review MedPrepTGo Step 1 Questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices