Case report. Lymphoepitheliomalike carcinoma: An unusual variant of endometrial cancer. A report of two cases

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 272-276

  Vargas, M Perla ^a   Merino, Maria J ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Lymphoepithelioma; Lymphoepitheliomalike endometrial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; EBV ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE ANTIGEN, EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EBV-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE ANTIGEN, EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ENCODED RNA 1; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS ENCODED RNA 1; MATRIX PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; PLASMA CELL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FATALITY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 0032110590     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-199807000-00013     Document Type: Article

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