Lymphoepithelioma-like gastric carcinoma presenting as giant ulcer of the lesser curvature. Case report

Ioannidis, Orestis and Pasteli, N. and Paraskevas, George and Chatzopoulos, Stravos and Papadimitriou, Nikolaos and Kotronis, Anastasios and Konstantara, Athina and Makrantonakis, Apostolos and Kakoutis, Emmanouil (2012) Lymphoepithelioma-like gastric carcinoma presenting as giant ulcer of the lesser curvature. Case report. Il giornale di chirurgia, 33 (1/2). pp. 21-23. ISSN 1971-145X

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Abstract

Lymphoepithelioma-like gastric carcinoma (LELGC) has special clinicopathologic features that differentiate it from the common gastric adenocarcinoma. LELGC is a rare neoplasm of the stomach with an incidence of 1-4% of all gastric cancers and is characterized by desmoplastic stroma uniformaly infiltrated by abundant lymphocytes and plasma cells. LELGC is closely associated with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), with 80-100% of LELGC being EBV-positive. LELGC has a male predominance, occurs in elderly people and is usually located in the upper and middle portion of the stomach. We report a rare case of lymphoepithelioma-like gastric carcinoma located in the lesser curvature at the border of the gastric body to the pyloric antrum.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Stomach - Carcinoma - Lymphoepitelioma - Ulcer
Subjects: 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 617 Rami vari della medicina; Chirurgia > 617.4 Chirurgia secondo il Sistema e Regioni
Depositing User: Nadia Del Gobbo
Date Deposited: 15 Jun 2016 15:48
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2016 15:48
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/7801

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