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KMID : 0357920140480060458
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Korean Journal of Pathology
2014 Volume.48 No. 6 p.458 ~ p.461
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Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Ahn Hye-In
Sim Jong-Min
Kim Hyun-Sung
Yi Ki-Jong
Han Hulin
Chung Yu-Min
Rehman Abdul
Paik Seung-Sam
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Abstract
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Lymphoepithelioma is an undifferentiated epithelial tumor primarily described in the nasopharynx and characterized by
syncytial nests of malignant epithelial cells with a prominent reactive lymphoid infiltrate.1 A carcinoma that shows similar
histological features but arises outside the nasopharynx is called lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC). LELC has been described in a variety of organs including salivary glands, thymus, lungs, stomach, skin, uterine cervix, breast, prostate, and the urinary tract.2 The renal pelvis is an extremely rare site for this tumor. To the best of our knowledge, only eight cases have been reported in the English literature and one case has been reported in the Korean literature.1-8 We recently experienced a case of LELC arising in the right renal pelvis in a 65-year-old woman.
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