Case report: lymphoepithelial-like carcinoma of the lung-a chronic disease?

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Melissa CC Teo¹  Joelle FS Wong¹ 

[1] Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Centre, 11 Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore

关键词: Metastatic lung cancer;    Epstein-barr virus;    Non small cell lung cancer;    Lymphoepithelial-like carcinoma;   

Others  :  827749
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-10-91

 received in 2011-11-29, accepted in 2012-05-21,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

This is a case of metastatic lung cancer of the lymphoepithelial-like carcinoma (LELC) variant who first presented with symptomatic brain metastasis. The patient underwent local and systemic treatment for metastatic disease with good clinical outcome. The patient was disease free for four years then she had primary lung recurrence which was surgically resected. She underwent a second course of chemotherapy with saw her through another two years of disease free period. A recurrence of the cancer was detected intra-abdominally on the seventh year of diagnosis. This was treated again with surgical resection and another course of chemotherapy.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Wong and Teo; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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