Burkitt's leukemia (medical condition): Acute lymphocytic leukemia is a relatively aggressive cancer of the white blood cells. Precursors to white blood cells are called blasts and are made by the bone marrow but in ALL the blasts are abnormal and do not develop into lymphocytes. Instead, the abnormal blasts or leukemic cells multiply rapidly and reduce the level of other types of blood cells such as red blood cells and platelets. There are three main subtypes (L1, L2 and L3) which are differentiated by the appearance of the cancerous cells. L3 is quite uncommon but is very similar to Burkitt's lymphoma - in fact, they may be considered the same disease with different manifestations.
See also:
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L3:
»Introduction: Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L3
»Symptoms of Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L3
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Burkitt's leukemia:
Burkitt's leukemia: Another name for Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L3 (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L3
»Symptoms of Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L3
Some of the symptoms of Burkitt's leukemia incude:
See full list of 23 symptoms of Burkitt's leukemia (Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L3)
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