title: Computed tomography characteristics of primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma.
abstract: Primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma is a very rare subtype of lung cancer. This report documents the CT features of 16 Chinese patients diagnosed with primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma from January 1999 to December 2005. A pre-treatment CT was used to assess the tumour site, size, borders, pleural and vascular involvement, and the presence of lymph node involvement. The majority of the patients were female non-smokers with centrally located tumours. Lymph node involvement and bronchial and vascular encasement were frequent. In an Epstein-Barr virus endemic area, primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma is an important differential diagnosis to consider.
authors: Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Pei-Tou District, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. huang600517@yahoo.com
authors: Chung-Jen
authors: CJ
authors: Huang
authors: Kwan-Yee
authors: KY
authors: Chan
authors: Ming-Yuan
authors: MY
authors: Lee
authors: Li-Han
authors: LH
authors: Hsu
authors: Nei-Min
authors: NM
authors: Chu
authors: An-Chen
authors: AC
authors: Feng
authors: Chih-Teng
authors: CT
authors: Yu
authors: Horng-Chyuan
authors: HC
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013624:Taiwan; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed