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Nasal T-cell lymphoma associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. Dhaliwal ,
D. C. Rowlands ,
G. Niedobitek ,
A. Williams ,
A. Das Gupta  and
E. L. Jones
J. Dhaliwal
Affiliation:
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
D. C. Rowlands*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
G. Niedobitek
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
A. Williams
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
A. Das Gupta
Affiliation:
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
E. L. Jones
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
*
Dr D. C. Rowlands, M.R.C.Path., Department of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT.
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Abstract

A case of nasal T-cell lymphoma in a Caucasian male is reported, in which the presence of Epstein-Barr virus within tumour cells was demonstrated by in situ hybridization to the Epstein-Barr virus encoded RNAs EBER-1 and EBER-2.

Keywords

Epstein-Barr virusLymphomaT-cellNose
Type
Pathology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 468 - 470
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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