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16632721

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to review the chest radiographic, CT, and MRI appearances of primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC). CONCLUSION: Primary pulmonary LELC is histopathologically identical to nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The radiographic, CT, and MRI features of primary pulmonary LELC are nonspecific, often resembling those of bronchogenic carcinoma. Primary pulmonary LELC usually presents as a poorly circumscribed, enhancing, peripheral solitary pulmonary nodule on CT; necrosis may be present and is considered a poor prognostic sign. MRI shows isointense to low-intensity signal on T1-weighted images and mildly increased signal on T2-weighted images; enhancement of abnormal tissue is typical. Most patients present with early-stage disease. Primary pulmonary LELC should be suspected in selected patients and requires differentiation from bronchogenic carcinoma and metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1546-3141
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1294-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung: radiologic features of an uncommon primary pulmonary neoplasm.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room M-391, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review