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Lymphoepithelioma-like lung carcinoma

MedGen UID:
313374
•Concept ID:
C1708792
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Lung Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma; lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung; lymphoepithelioma-like lung carcinoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006283

Definition

A rare and distinctive type of lung carcinoma characterized by the presence of a syncytial growth pattern, large vesicular nuclei with eosinophilic nucleoli, and dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltration. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLymphoepithelioma-like lung carcinoma

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PubMed

A Clinical Analysis and Literature Review of Six Cases with Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma.
Ye L, Luo D, Li H, Zheng H, He S, Lin L, Fang Y, Ye J, Chen C
Comput Math Methods Med 2022;2022:1086697. Epub 2022 Apr 29 doi: 10.1155/2022/1086697. PMID: 35529269Free PMC Article
Molecular characteristics of primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma based on integrated genomic analyses.
Chen B, Zhang Y, Dai S, Zhou P, Luo W, Wang Z, Chen X, Cheng P, Zheng G, Ren J, Yang X, Li W
Signal Transduct Target Ther 2021 Jan 8;6(1):6. doi: 10.1038/s41392-020-00382-6. PMID: 33414372Free PMC Article
Treatment of Lung Carcinosarcoma and Other Rare Histologic Subtypes of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
Yang H, Lin Y, Liang Y
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2017 Aug 10;18(9):54. doi: 10.1007/s11864-017-0494-9. PMID: 28795312

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