A case of lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma arising from the palatine tonsil

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-140

  Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a,b   Nakamura, Naoya ^a,c   Asano, Shigeyuki ^a   Yokoyama, Junkichi ^a,b   Yoshida, Naohiro ^a,b   Toshima, Masaru ^a  

^a Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma; Palatine tonsil; RNA in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK METASTASIS; NECK TUMOR; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TONSILLECTOMY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TONSIL;

EID: 12244259340     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.198.133     Document Type: Article

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