A lymphatic cancer that involves not only the lymphatic and the associated reticuloendothelial system, but also other body tissues. This disease, which is most common in Central Africa, is thought to be possibly caused by the Epstein-Barr
virus. Also called African
lymphoma, Burkitt's tumor. See also Epstein-Barr
Virus;
Lymph;
Reticuloendothelial Cells.