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
Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung
โ Scribed by James C. HO; Maria P. WONG; Wah K. LAM
- Book ID
- 108964519
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1323-7799
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## Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of the lung is a recently recognized primary non-small cell lung carcinoma with distinct clinicopathological features and an aetiological association with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. The tumour consists of clusters and sheets of poorly or undiffer