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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2004, p. 2850-2854, Vol. 42, No. 6
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2850-2854.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

A Case of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Associated Thymic Carcinoid and Investigation of Existence of EBV-Infected Cells in Thymus and Thymic Tumors

Hiroaki Takeuchi,1* Hiroshi Fujita,2 Fumio Iwasaki,3 Takako Takeuchi,4 Ken-Ichi Imadome,5 Toshika Okumiya,6 Tomohiro Matsui,7 and Mutsuo Takahashi7

Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University School of Medicine, Nankoku, Kochi,1 Departments of Internal Medicine,2 Pathology, Shimonoseki-saiseikai Hospital, Shimonoseki,3 Department of Pathology, Shimonosekishi-ishikai Hospital, Shimonoseki,4 Department of Infectious Diseases, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo,5 Department of Laboratory Sciences, Kumamoto University School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto,6 Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan7

Received 21 July 2003/ Returned for modification 16 February 2004/ Accepted 3 March 2004

We describe the first case of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated thymic carcinoid tumor found by in situ hybridization (ISH) on paraffin-embedded sections. ISH revealed that both tumor cells and infiltrated lymphocytes were EBV positive, while a few EBV-infected lymphocytes were detected in 2 of 11 thymuses and 1 of 11 thymomas.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University School of Medicine, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. Phone: 81-88-866-5811, ext. 3431. Fax: 81-88-880-2428. E-mail: h.take{at}med.kochi-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2004, p. 2850-2854, Vol. 42, No. 6
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2850-2854.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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