Gastric carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells. Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma with Epstein-Barr virus infection is the predominant type

Pathology International

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 551-558

  Ushiku, Tetsuo ^a   Shinozaki, Aya ^a   Uozaki, Hiroshi ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshiaki ^a   Tateishi, Yoko ^b   Funata, Nobuaki ^b   Seto, Yasuyuki ^b   Fukayama, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; gastric carcinoma; lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma; osteoclast like giant cell

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRITIS; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MALE; OSTEOCLAST LIKE GIANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; COMPLICATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETICS; GIANT CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; GIANT CELLS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954526049     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2010.02557.x     Document Type: Article

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