Carcinoma positive for Epstein-Barr virus staining. Mediastinal lymph node origination?

A 44-year-old man undergoing radical excision of metastatic carcinoma of the mediastinal lymph node with unknown primary sites remains alive and disease-free 14 years after surgery. His cancer cells were positive for the Epstein-Barr virus, which may have been related to the oncogenesis of this tumo...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Japanese journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2002-03, Vol.50 (3), p.122-124
Main Authors: Masaki, Yoshitaka, Gomibuchi, Makoto, Tanaka, Shigeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - virology
Adult
Disease-Free Survival
Herpesvirus 4, Human - isolation & purification
Humans
Male
Mediastinal Neoplasms - virology
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A 44-year-old man undergoing radical excision of metastatic carcinoma of the mediastinal lymph node with unknown primary sites remains alive and disease-free 14 years after surgery. His cancer cells were positive for the Epstein-Barr virus, which may have been related to the oncogenesis of this tumor. This case is unique in the patient's long, disease-free survival and its positive presence of the Epstein-Barr virus.
ISSN:1344-4964
1863-2092
DOI:10.1007/BF02913474