Open AccessPrimary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma in a 12-year-old African child
Author(s) -
Jacqueline Goedhals,
Martha Patricia Kent Sulú
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
south african journal of oncology/south african journal of oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2523-0646
pISSN - 2518-8704
DOI - 10.4102/sajo.v2i0.47
Subject(s) - lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma , lymphoepithelioma , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , carcinoma , epstein–barr virus , medicine , pathology , population , virus , immunology , radiation therapy , environmental health
Pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma is a rare malignant tumour predominantly occurring in Asian patients. It has identical histological features to nasopharyngeal carcinoma. To date, Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) in pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma has been limited to the Asian population. This manuscript presents an unusual case in a 12-year-old African boy in which the tumour tested positive for EBV.