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About a lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung with an endotracheal localization.
La Tunisie Médicale 2018 July
INTRODUCTION: Lympho-epithelioma like carcinoma is a rare lung tumour that acounts for less than 1% of non small cell lung carcinomas. It is defined as a special entity among the 2015 World Health Organization.
AIM: Our aim was to describe a completely illustrated new case of lymhpo-epithelioma like carcinoma. We describe a new case diagnosed in our Department of Pathology.
CASE PRESENTATION: The authors describe a case of a 22-year-old woman without a particular past medical history who presented non specific respiratory symptoms. Radiologic investigations revealed a tracheal tumor with enlarged mediastinal lumph nodes. A first biopsy was performed revealing a malignant tumor with a squamous differentiation highlighted by immunohischemistry. A surgical biopsy was performed and the final microscopic diagnosis revealed a lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung. This diagnosis was retained after ruling out a possible metastasis of a nasopharyngeal carcinoma whose microscopic features are similar to this subtype of lung tumor.
CONCLUSION: This case points out the rarity of this diagnosis, especially in a young and caucasian patient and highlights the diagnostic dilemma caused by this kind of tumor.
AIM: Our aim was to describe a completely illustrated new case of lymhpo-epithelioma like carcinoma. We describe a new case diagnosed in our Department of Pathology.
CASE PRESENTATION: The authors describe a case of a 22-year-old woman without a particular past medical history who presented non specific respiratory symptoms. Radiologic investigations revealed a tracheal tumor with enlarged mediastinal lumph nodes. A first biopsy was performed revealing a malignant tumor with a squamous differentiation highlighted by immunohischemistry. A surgical biopsy was performed and the final microscopic diagnosis revealed a lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung. This diagnosis was retained after ruling out a possible metastasis of a nasopharyngeal carcinoma whose microscopic features are similar to this subtype of lung tumor.
CONCLUSION: This case points out the rarity of this diagnosis, especially in a young and caucasian patient and highlights the diagnostic dilemma caused by this kind of tumor.
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