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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
Nasopharyngeal carcinomas, a common occurrence in Southern Chinese people, shows a strong association with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV); in the same population, sinonasal carcinomas are distinctly rare. Although most nasopharyngeal carcinomas are lymphoepitheliomas, sinonasal carcinomas have a wide morphological spectrum. We studied the clinicopathological features and EBV status of 29 sinonasal carcinomas from Hong Kong Chinese patients. By in situ hybridization using antisense Epstein-Barr virus early RNA (EBER) probe, seven tumors were shown to be strongly positive for the EBV RNA. They displayed a wide morphological spectrum, including one cylindric cell carcinoma, one intestinal type adenocarcinoma, four nonkeratinizing squamous cell carcinomas, and one undifferentiated carcinoma. All were from elderly subjects (mean age, 67), including six men and one woman. Three of these seven patients had complete remission after radiotherapy with a median follow-up period of 29 months. In two cases, EBV latent membrane protein-1 was expressed. Detection of the virus in a number of histological subtypes, including cylindric cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma, suggests that EBV may play a role in the pathogenesis of a diverse spectrum of carcinomas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0147-5185
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
994-1001
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Epstein-Barr virus is present in a wide histological spectrum of sinonasal carcinomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article