[Epstein-Barr virus-positive small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the nasopharynx: report of a case]

Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi. 2024 Jan 8;53(1):86-88. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20230901-00117.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

报道1例鼻咽EB病毒阳性的小细胞神经内分泌癌。患者男,24岁,因发现右侧上颈部肿块1个月余入院。头颈部影像学检查提示鼻咽癌并双侧咽旁间隙及颈部多发淋巴结转移。行鼻咽肿物活检术,术后病理诊断为EB病毒阳性的小细胞神经内分泌癌,镜下肿瘤细胞体积小至中等大小,肿瘤细胞呈巢状或片状密集排列,细胞胞质稀少,核浓染,染色质呈颗粒状,核仁不明显,明显的铸型核,核分裂象易见。免疫组织化学:突触素、嗜铬粒素A及CD56阳性,广谱细胞角蛋白弱阳性。原位杂交EB病毒编码RNA强阳性。值得注意的是,本例治疗反应与已报道的鼻咽EB病毒阳性的大细胞神经内分泌癌相似,对放疗更为敏感。.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine* / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell*
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections*
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human
  • Humans
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Nasopharynx / pathology