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lymphoepithelial carcinoma
Friday 21 October 2011
Digital cases
HPC:425 : Salivary EBV-associated lymphoepithelial carcinoma
Definition: Lymphoepithelial carcinoma (LEC) is a specific subtype of undifferentiated carcinoma with characteristic dense lymphoid stroma.
The most frequent location is the nasopharynx (UCNT - undifferentiated carcinoma nasophrayngeal type). Identical tumors have been rarely described in the major salivary glands.
Types
non-EBV-associated lymphoepithelial carcinoma
EBV-associated lymphoepithelial carcinoma
- UCNT carcinoma (undifferentiated carcinoma nasophrayngeal type carcinoma)
Localization
salivary EBV-associated lymphoepithelial carcinoma