A Case of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Associated Thymic Carcinoid and Investigation of Existence of EBV-Infected Cells in Thymus and Thymic Tumors

AUTOR(ES)

Takeuchi, Hiroaki

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We describe the first case of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated thymic carcinoid tumor found by in situ hybridization (ISH) on paraffin-embedded sections. ISH revealed that both tumor cells and infiltrated lymphocytes were EBV positive, while a few EBV-infected lymphocytes were detected in 2 of 11 thymuses and 1 of 11 thymomas.

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