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==Nasopharyngeal carcinoma== | ==Nasopharyngeal carcinoma== | ||
*Abbreviated ''NPC''. | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*"Nasopharyngeal carcinoma" is the name of an entity - it is not a descriptive term. | *"Nasopharyngeal carcinoma" is the name of an entity - it is not a descriptive term. | ||
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Image(s): | Image(s): | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lymphoepithelioma_met_to_LN_6.jpg?uselang=de Nasopharyngeal carcinoma - in a LN (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lymphoepithelioma_met_to_LN_6.jpg?uselang=de Nasopharyngeal carcinoma - in a LN (WC)]. | ||
====WHO classification==== | |||
World Health Classification (2005):<ref>{{Ref WMSP|39}}</ref> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Type | |||
! Histology | |||
! EBV | |||
! Prevalence | |||
! Prognosis | |||
|- | |||
| 1 | |||
| keratinizing SCC | |||
| -ve | |||
| ? | |||
| bad | |||
|- | |||
| 2a | |||
| nonkeratinizing carcinoma, differentiated; mimics [[UCC]] | |||
| +ve | |||
| ? | |||
| good | |||
|- | |||
| 2b | |||
| nonkeratinizing carcinoma, undifferentiated | |||
| ? | |||
| most common | |||
| ? | |||
|- | |||
| 3 | |||
| basaloid SCC | |||
| ? | |||
| least common | |||
| ? | |||
|} | |||
===IHC=== | ===IHC=== | ||