1. Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the ovary.
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Ambrosio MR, Rocca BJ, Onorati M, Mourmouras V, Mastrogiulio MG, Crispino S, Liberatore C, and Santopietro R
- Subjects
- Aged, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use, Carcinoma therapy, Cisplatin administration & dosage, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Humans, Ovarian Neoplasms therapy, Paclitaxel administration & dosage, Treatment Outcome, Carcinoma pathology, Lymphocytes pathology, Ovarian Neoplasms pathology
- Abstract
Only one case of lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the ovary has been reported so far. A new case is herein illustrated in a 69-year-old woman: an ovarian mass adherent to urinary bladder dome with peritoneal carcinomatosis. Histologically, undifferentiated carcinomatous areas were intermingled with abundant lymphoid tissue. Epstein-Barr virus has not been detected either in neoplastic or in lymphoid cells.
- Published
- 2011
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