Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma associated with paraneoplastic syndrome of polymyositis: A rare tumor with rare association

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 686-688

  Koppula, Bhasker R ^a   Pipavath, Sudhakar ^a   Lewis, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Lymphoepithelioma like thymic carcinoma; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Polymyositis; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POLYMYOSITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; POLYMYOSITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349741306     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181b53f5a     Document Type: Article

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