lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma
MONDO:0004297Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare, usually aggressive primary thymic carcinoma, characterized by a syncytial growth of undifferentiated carcinoma cells and the presence of a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate. More than 40% of cases are associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0004297), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
8 names
Resolves to: lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma
- Also called
- lymphoepithelial cancer of the Thymuslymphoepithelial cancer of Thymuslymphoepithelial Thymus cancerlymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the Thymuslymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of Thymuslymphoepithelioma-like Thymus carcinomamalignant lymphoepithelial thymomathymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma