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Nasopharyngeal type undifferentiated carcinoma
A nonkeratinizing carcinoma which occurs predominantly in the nasopharynx but also in the tonsils and rarely in other anatomic sites. It is characterized by the presence of large malignant cells with vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli, syncytial growth pattern, and a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate.
- Identifiers
- MONDO:0003572
- Part of
- Large cell carcinoma
- Also known as
- lymphoepithelial carcinoma · lymphoepithelioma · lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma · Schmincke tumor · Schmincke tumour
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