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SUBMITTER: Shima T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6652011 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shima Takafumi T Taniguchi Kohei K Kobayashi Yasutsugu Y Kakimoto Shotaro S Fujio Nagahisa N Uchiyama Kazuhisa K
World journal of surgical oncology 20190724 1
<h4>Background</h4>Dissemination of lung cancer to cutaneous sites usually results in a poor prognosis. Pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (PLELC) is a rare tumor, and no therapeutic strategy for it has yet been established. We present herein an extremely rare case of a long-term surviving patient with PLELC showing subcutaneous metastasis.<h4>Case presentation</h4>A 76-year-old woman was diagnosed unexpectedly as having PLELC based on a nodule on her back. After surgical resection of th ...[more]