Open AccessComputed tomography-based differentiation of primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma and small-cell lung cancer
Author(s) -
Kang-Lung Lee,
Mei-Han Wu,
Ying-Yu Jhang,
Chun-Ku Chen,
Yi-Chen Yen,
YiChun Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000363
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , carcinoma , lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma , lung , pathology , gastroenterology , nuclear medicine , radiology , epstein–barr virus , virus , virology
Primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is a rare subtype of lung cancer. Both small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and LELC often manifest as a centrally located tumor with lymphadenopathy. This retrospective study investigated and compared the initial computed tomography (CT) features and subsequent survival outcomes of LELC and SCLC.