A Case of Newly Found Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma in Retropharynx of the Patient Who Had Been in the NED State of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Controversy about the Recurrence of Undiffentiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma / 대한이비인후과학회지
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
; : 197-200, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
Lymphoepithelial carcinoma is a rare subtype of head and neck malignancy. Histologically, it is an undifferentiated carcinoma accompanied by a prominent reactive lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate. We report a case of anewly found lymphoepithelial carcinoma in the retropharynx of a patient who had been diagnosed and treated as nasopharyngeal carcinoma with multiple metastasis; the case could not be ruled out as a recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma according to recent World Health Organization pathology guideline.
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Ko
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
2019
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