Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2019 Mar;62(3):197-200. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2017.00829.

A Case of Newly Found Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma in Retropharynx of the Patient Who Had Been in the NED State of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Controversy about the Recurrence of Undiffentiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

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  • 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. diakonos@korea.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Pathology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Lymphoepithelial carcinoma is a rare subtype of head and neck malignancy. Histologically, it is an undifferentiated carcinoma accompanied by a prominent reactive lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate. We report a case of anewly found lymphoepithelial carcinoma in the retropharynx of a patient who had been diagnosed and treated as nasopharyngeal carcinoma with multiple metastasis; the case could not be ruled out as a recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma according to recent World Health Organization pathology guideline.

Keyword

Lymphoepithelial carcinoma; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Undifferentiated type

MeSH Terms

Carcinoma
Head
Humans
Neck
Neoplasm Metastasis
Pathology
Recurrence*
World Health Organization
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