Computed tomography characteristics of primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma.
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.
Huang
Chung-Jen
CJ
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
Chan
Kwan-Yee
KY
Lee
Ming-Yuan
MY
Hsu
Li-Han
LH
Chu
Nei-Min
NM
Feng
An-Chen
AC
Yu
Chih-Teng
CT
Lin
Horng-Chyuan
HC
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