Primary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of minor salivary gland: A case report with immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization studies

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-186

  Lu, Sheng Yun ^a   Huang, Chao Cheng ^a   Hsiung, Ching Yeh ^b   Eng, Hock Liew ^a   Huang, Hsuan Ying ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

c kit; Epstein Barr virus; Lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma; Minor salivary gland

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RARE DISEASE; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TUMOR CELL;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; TAIWAN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 31444437633     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20312     Document Type: Article

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