Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the colon
โ Scribed by Sahar Samaha; Ossama Tawfik; Rebecca Horvat; Paramjit Bhatia
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 985 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-3706
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Historically lymphoepithelioma was a term used to describe an undifferentiated mucosal carcinoma with a lymphocytic component arising only from the nasopharynx , although recently, lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma has been found to occur as a primary tumor of the lung. Thus far, five patients have b
## BACKGROUND. Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of the lung occurs at a higher frequency in Asian compared with Western patients. Its association with Epstein-Barr virus varies among different ethnic groups. ## METHODS. Nine patients with primary LELC of the lung treated at a single inst