Open AccessLymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the uterine cervix
Author(s) -
Rashmi Kaul,
Neelam Gupta,
Jyoti Sharma,
Sourav Gupta
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.59916
Subject(s) - cervix , histopathology , uterine cervix , medicine , lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma , carcinoma , basal cell , pathology , gynecology , cancer , virus , epstein–barr virus , immunology
Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) of the uterine cervix is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma (SSC). It differs from the usual SSC of the cervix in its morphology and clinical behavior and shows a better prognosis than the more common SSC of the cervix. We report a case of LELC of the cervix, diagnosed on the basis of histopathology in a 42-year-old female who presented with a history of postcoital bleeding.