lymphoma causes and symptoms
Some common non-Hodgkin lymphoma symptoms include: 1  Fever. 2  Swelling in the lymph nodes in the neck, underarms, groin. 3  Night sweats (often soaking the sheets) and/or chills.  Persistent fatigue, lethargy, feeling of tiredness.
Signs and symptoms of Burkitt lymphoma are somewhat similar in all types and may include the following: 1  nausea and vomiting. 2  loss of appetite. 3  abdominal pain.  abdominal masses.
The exact cause of Burkitt lymphoma is not known. However, the lymphomas are characterized by a translocation and deregulation of a gene (c-myc) on chromosome 8. In addition, there has been an association between Burkitt lymphoma and a high incidence of malaria and/or infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).