Open AccessLymphoepithelioma-like hepatocellular carcinoma without Epstein-Barr virus infection: A case report and a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Jianguo Wei,
Qingmeng Liu,
Cheng Wang,
Shanlu Yu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.168857
Subject(s) - lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma , hepatocellular carcinoma , pathology , medicine , epstein–barr virus , lymphoepithelioma , hepatectomy , carcinoma , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , virus , radiology , radiation therapy , surgery , resection , virology
Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of the liver is uncommon, only 20 cases have been reported in the English-language literature so far, and the majority has been identified as cholangiocarcinomas, only four cases were hepatocellular LELC. Here we described a rare case of lymphoepithelioma-like hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A 42-year-old Chinese female who was incidentally found to have a liver-occupying lesion during a routine medical examination. Ultrasonography revealed a 47 mm × 33 mm × 36 mm hypoechoic mass in the left lobe. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging displayed a nodular lesions in the left liver lobe. The patient underwent a left-side hepatectomy. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen revealed an undifferentiated carcinoma with a dense lymphocytic infiltrate, predominantly composed of CD3(+) T cells, morphologically similar to nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for CK, EMA, Glypican-3 and hepatocyte, but negative for alpha-fetoprotein, CK19, CK7 and CK20. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in situ hybridization was negative. The final histopathological diagnosis was lymphoepithelioma-like HCC without EBV infection.