Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the colon in a patient with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.
Tumors with features similar to those of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, so-called lymphoepithelioma-like carcinomas, have been described in several organs but are extremely rare in the colon. We describe a patient with a family history consistent with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer who had 3 malignant lesions in the right colon, namely, a mucinous cancer, a lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma, and a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma with prominent lymphoid stroma. To the best of our knowledge, lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma has not been described previously in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.
Department of Pathology, Roger Williams Hospital, Providence, RI 02908, USA.
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De Petris
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Lev
D M
DM
Quirk
P R
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Ferbend
J R
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Butmarc
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Elenitoba-Johnson
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D003123:Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male