title: [Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma（ LELC） of the lung].
abstract: A 77-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with abnormal chest shadow detected on a medical checkup. Chest computed tomography(CT)showed a well-defined tumor in the upper lobe of the right lung. On positron emission tomography by fluorodeoxyglucose(FDG),the tumor revealed to be positive. We performed right upper lobectomy with hilar and mediastinal lymph node dissection. The histopathological diagnosis was lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC). In the past 25-years, 41 cases have been reported in Japan. The average age is 64 years old, including 25 male cases and 16 female cases. Among these cases, more than half were in the early resectable stage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shizuoka Red Cross Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Atsuta
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shimojima
authors.forename: Tsunehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miyabe
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: Takamori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasahara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology