Hepatocellular lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma associated with Epstein Barr virus: A Hitherto unrecognized entity

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Si, Michael W ^a   Thorson, John A ^b   Lauwers, Gregory Y ^c   DalCin, Paola ^d   Furman, Jaime ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Epstein Barr virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Immunosuppression; Lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HEPATOCELLULAR LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA LIKE CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 4344617931     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000124336.90615.8d     Document Type: Article

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