Thymus Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma

Preferred Label : Thymus Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma;

NCIt synonyms : Lymphoepithelial Cancer of the Thymus; Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma of the Thymus; Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma of Thymus; Lymphoepithelial Cancer of Thymus; Malignant Lymphoepithelial Thymoma; Lymphoepithelioma-Like Thymic Carcinoma; Lymphoepithelioma-like Thymus Carcinoma; Lymphoepithelial Thymus Cancer; Thymic Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma; Thymic Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma;

NCIt definition : A rare, usually aggressive primary thymus 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.;

Neoplastic status : Malignant;

Details

Origin ID

C7998;

UMLS CUI

C0279706;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma [DO Concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Lymphoepithelial malignant thymoma [MedDRA LLT]
DO Cross reference
- lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma [DO Concept]
Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Malignant Stromal Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Smooth Muscle Cell [NCIt concept]
Disease may have findings
- Chest Pain [NCIt concept]
- Cough [NCIt concept]
- Dyspnea [NCIt concept]
- Fatigue [NCIt concept]
- Fever [NCIt concept]
- Weight Loss [NCIt concept]
Excludes anatomical site(s)
- Neck [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Respiratory System [NCIt concept]
- Thoracic Cavity [NCIt concept]
- Thymus Gland [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Lymphoepithelial malignant thymoma [MedDRA LLT]
- lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma [DO Concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- NCIt Neoplasm Core Terminology [NCIt concept]
disease_excludes_cytogenetic_abnormality
- Loss of Chromosome 13q [NCIt concept]
disease_excludes_finding
- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Glandular Differentiation [NCIt concept]
- Squamous Differentiation [NCIt concept]
disease_has_abnormal_cell
- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Epithelial Large Cell [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Epithelial Large Cell with Vesicular Nucleus and Distinct Nucleolus [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Undifferentiated Carcinoma Cell [NCIt concept]
disease_has_finding
- Carcinomatous Component Present [NCIt concept]
- Epithelial Component Present [NCIt concept]
- Lymphoplasmacytic Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Syncytial Pattern [NCIt concept]
- Undifferentiated Lesion [NCIt concept]
disease_has_normal_cell_origin
- Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Thymic Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
- Epithelial Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Thymic Epithelial Tissue [NCIt concept]
disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- Thymus Gland [NCIt concept]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

You can consult :

recommendations
documents concerning education
documents for patients