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Epstein‐Barr virus involvement is mainly restricted to lymphoepithelial type of gastric carcinoma among various epithelial neoplasms
Author(s) -
Kijima Yuko,
Hokita Shuichi,
Takao Sonshin,
Baba Masamichi,
Natsugoe Shoji,
Yoshinaka Heiji,
Aridome Kuniaki,
Otsuji Tatsuto,
Itoh Tetsuhiko,
Tokunaga Masayoshi,
Eizuru Yoshito,
Aikou Takashi
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1079
Subject(s) - esophagus , pathology , pancreas , thyroid , carcinoma , lung , medicine , lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma , virus , gastroenterology , epstein–barr virus , immunology
To demonstrate the association of Epstein‐Barr virus (EBV) with primary epithelial neoplasms in the south part of Kyushu, Japan, 761 carcinomas consisting of 75 lung, 61 breast, 107 esophagus, 102 colon, 58 pancreas, 45 thyroid, and 313 gastric cancers were examined by EBER‐1 in situ hybridization. EBER‐1 was detected in 23 cases (7.3%) out of 313 gastric carcinomas, while none of the other carcinomas was positive for EBER‐1. Twenty‐eight (9.4%) out of 313 gastric carcinomas were differentiated poorly to moderately carcinomas with prominent lymphoid cell infiltration, similar to so‐called lymphoepithelioma‐like carcinoma, and 19 cases (67.9%) were positive for EBER‐1. Although two (2.6%) and 11(10.3%) out of 75 lung and 107 esophagus carcinomas were so‐called lymphoepithelioma‐like carcinomas, respectively, but EBER‐1 was not detected in other epithelial neoplasms that originated from the lung, esophagus, breast, colon, pancreas, and thyroid in the south of Kyushu, Japan. As a result, EBV was associated with only some gastric carcinomas but not with other epithelial neoplasms originating from the lung, esophagus, breast, colon, pancreas, and thyroid in southern Japan. J. Med. Virol. 64:513–518, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.