N Kohrenhagen1, M Eck, S Höller, J Dietl. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 4, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany. kohrenhagen@email.de
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. In contrast to Asian women, Caucasian women have a low prevalence of cervical LELC with no infection of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and sporadic appearances of human papilloma viruses (HPV) in Caucasian women. CASE: We report a 36-year-old female Caucasian patient with LELC of the cervix. RESULT: In contrast to the present studies, our case of LELC of the cervix is not associated with EBV or high-risk HPV appearances. CONCLUSION: This is the first study, that showed no relationship between LELC of the uterine cervix with EBV and high-risk HPV infections in a Caucasian woman.
OBJECTIVE:Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. In contrast to Asian women, Caucasian women have a low prevalence of cervical LELC with no infection of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and sporadic appearances of humanpapilloma viruses (HPV) in Caucasian women. CASE: We report a 36-year-old female Caucasian patient with LELC of the cervix. RESULT: In contrast to the present studies, our case of LELC of the cervix is not associated with EBV or high-risk HPV appearances. CONCLUSION: This is the first study, that showed no relationship between LELC of the uterine cervix with EBV and high-risk HPV infections in a Caucasian woman.
Authors: Sonika Agarwal; Kathleen M Schmeler; Pedro T Ramirez; Charlotte C Sun; Alpa Nick; Ricardo Dos Reis; Jubilee Brown; Michael Frumovitz Journal: Int J Gynecol Cancer Date: 2011-01 Impact factor: 3.437