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Lymph node metastases of prostatic adenocarcinoma in the mesorectum in patients with adenocarcinoma or villous tumor of the rectum with collision phenomenon in a single lymph node: report of five cases.

PURPOSE: Lymph node involvement is the most important prognostic factor when staging patients with rectal cancer. Cancer originating from sites other than rectum rarely may metastasize to the mesorectum. We report five patients with metastatic prostatic carcinoma to mesorectal lymph nodes, with the "collision phenomenon" in one lymph node. The diagnosis of prostate cancer was clinically unsuspected in two cases. METHODS: We examined three cases of primary adenocarcinoma and two villous tumors with high-grade dysplasia (patient age range, 52-74 (mean, 63) years) of the middle or lower third of the rectum. All patients underwent low anterior rectal resection with total mesorectal excision and colorectal or coloanal anastomosis. We used a manual technique for lymph node detection after overnight fixation in 10 percent formalin. All lymph nodes identified (range, 15-32; mean, 21 nodes per patient) were examined histologically. RESULTS: Of 106 lymph nodes examined, 20 contained metastases: 9 from rectal adenocarcinoma, 10 from prostatic adenocarcinoma, and 1 with metastatic foci from both tumors. The diagnosis of prostatic carcinoma was readily confirmed by immunostaining for prostatic-specific antigen, and prostatic acid phosphatase. CONCLUSIONS: Mesorectal lymph node dissection provides prognostic information in rectal cancer, but careful examination may reveal other unsuspected pathology. Immunohistochemical staining is an essential tool in distinguishing the origin of a lymph node metastasis, especially when the histology does not look typical for rectal carcinoma. Moreover, these observations highlight the connection that can exist between mesorectal lymph node drainage, and extra mesorectal lymph nodes drainage.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Neoadjuvant imatinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the rectum: report of a case.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are rare tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors involving the rectum are uncommon. We describe a case of a 43-year-old female with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the rectum who declined abdominoperineal resection. Neoadjuvant treatment with imatinib decreased her tumor size, permitting sphincter-sparing transanal excision. She had no evidence of disease for 24 months postoperatively until she recurred with lung metastases. Microdissection genotyping of the recurrent lesion revealed a deletion in exon 11. Further mutational analysis showed that her metastatic lesion was concordant with her primary rectal lesion, suggesting that systemic micrometastasis was previously present at initial diagnosis. Deletion in exon 11 predicts for response with imatinib treatment and is associated with a longer event-free and overall survival. Current studies are underway that may help us optimize the treatment for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

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Regression of CD5-positive and Helicobacter pylori-negative mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the rectum after administration of antibiotics: report of a case.

We report a case of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the rectum that regressed after antibiotics administration. A 70-year-old female complained of abdominal discomfort. Colonoscopy performed in July 1998 showed a hemispheric protrusion of the rectum, the surface of which was covered with normal rectal mucosa. Pathologic diagnosis of a biopsy specimen was low-grade mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Gastroscopy showed multiple erosions of the antrum, and was negative by both culture and histology. After informed consent the patient was treated with a 14-day course of lansoprazole, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin for the eradication of. Repeat colonoscopy ten days after initiation of treatment showed that the rectal tumor had disappeared, and this was confirmed by histologic examination. There was no recurrence during 20 months of follow-up.

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Predictors of recurrence after local excision and postoperative chemoradiation therapy of adenocarcinoma of the rectum.

BACKGROUND: Local excision of rectal cancer preserves anal continence, bladder function, and normal sexual function. However, local recurrence after excision remains a significant problem. To further define the indications for local excision, we analyzed possible factors predictive of recurrence after local excision of rectal cancer. METHODS: The charts of all patients undergoing local excision of adenocarcinoma of the rectum between 1985 and 1995 at a single institution were reviewed. Patients with metastatic disease at the time of excision and patients treated preoperatively with chemoradiation therapy were excluded. All available slides were reviewed by a single pathologist, who assessed the depth of invasion; the presence or absence of vascular invasion, lymphatic invasion, perineural invasion, and lymphocytic infiltrate; the mucinous status; and the degree of differentiation. Using the log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model, univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify predictors of recurrence. RESULTS: Ninety patients underwent local excision, 46 transanally and 44 using a Kraske approach. The breakdown of patients by tumor stage was as follows: Tis, 13%; T1, 41%; T2, 30%; T3, 15%; and Tx, 1%. Sixty-eight percent of patients with T1 tumors were treated with postoperative radiotherapy; all patients with T2 or T3 tumors were treated postoperatively with or without 5-fluorouracil. The median duration of follow-up was 51 months. The median tumor diameter was 2.5 cm (range, 0.4 to 7 cm), and the median distance of the tumor from the anal verge was 4.5 cm (range, 1 to 10 cm). The 4-year actuarial local disease-free survival rate broken down by tumor stage was as follows: Tis, 100%; T1, 95%; T2, 80%; and T3, 73%. The median time to local recurrence was 23 months (range, 7 to 61 months). Multivariate analysis showed that only tumor stage and margin status were predictors of local recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: Local excision and postoperative radiotherapy result in adequate local control of early stage (Tis and T1) adenocarcinoma of the rectum. Higher rates of recurrence were seen in patients with T2 and T3 tumors, especially in those with positive margins.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Villous adenomas of the colon and rectum.

Our thirteen year experience with villous adenomas of the colon and rectum, embracing 264 patients, is reported. The average age of patients was sixty-two years with an almost equal sex distribution. Seventy-two per cent of the lesions occurred in the rectum and rectosigmoid and the most frequent symptoms were rectal bleeding and diarrhea. A positive correlation between size of adenoma and incidence of malignancy was noted. Although 55 per cent of the lesions were malignant, only 22 per cent harbored invasive carcinoma and only 10 per cent of the deaths were due to metastatic carcinoma. It is concluded that in the absence of invasive carcinoma, the clinical behavior of this tumor is relatively benign and a more conservative approach to the surgical management of this neoplasm should be encouraged.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Prognostic significance of surgical perforation of the rectum during abdominoperineal resection for rectal carcinoma.

Two hundred fifty patients were followed up after resection for carcinoma of the rectum. Sixty-four (25.6 percent) had a surgical perforation in the resected rectum. Perforation did not affect the long term outcome in patients with Dukes' A or D tumors, but in patients with Dukes' B and C cancers the surgical defect was associated with an increased incidence of recurrent tumor (57 versus 34 percent) and a decreased 5 year survival rate (31 versus 46 percent). The local recurrence rate was significantly higher in patients with Dukes' B rectal cancer who had an iatrogenic perforation (25.9 percent) than in those without a perforation (8.1 percent). This increased local recurrence rate was as high as the local recurrence rate in patients with Dukes' C cancers (23 percent) with or without a perforation. Patients with Dukes' B or C cancers who had incomplete resection had survival patterns similar to those in patients with Dukes' D cancers. Failure to remove all gross tumor and failure to avoid rectal perforation during abdominoperineal resection increases the risk of recurrence and decreases the chance of long-term survival.

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Villous and tubulovillous adenomas of the colon and rectum. A retrospective review, 1964-1985.

The records of 1,040 patients with 1,440 villous and tubulovillous adenomas of the colon and rectum treated at the Cleveland Clinic over a 21 year period were reviewed. The incidence of invasive adenocarcinoma was higher in patients with multiple adenomas at the time of presentation, in patients with a family history of colorectal cancer, and in those with adenomas greater than 4 cm in diameter. Eighty percent of the adenocarcinomas were Dukes' A or B, 15 percent were Dukes' C, and 5 percent presented with distant metastases. Clinical impression on examination was more accurate than biopsy in assessing the presence of malignancy in these tumors. Recurrence after local treatment of both benign and malignant tumors was high. Recurrence was significantly related to the size of the adenoma (more common when the tumor was more than 4 cm in diameter), location (more common when it was located in the rectum), and the type of treatment. Only 4 percent of the patients had died from colorectal cancer at the time of follow-up. The overall 5 year actuarial survival rate was 85 percent.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Pathologic fracture of mandibular condyle due to carcinoma of the rectum.

A case of pathologic fracture of a mandibular condyle due to a primary adenocarcinoma of the rectum is presented. This is the first reported case of a secondary adenocarcinoma from the rectum to this site. Secondary metastases to the condyles are extremely rare. Only twelve have been reported in the literature. The primary tumor was from an unknown site in three cases (anaplastic adenocarcinoma); from the breast in four; and from the lung, liver, prostate, uterus, and hallux (a malignant melonama) in the remainder. Only of these tumors presented as a condylar fracture, and that was from a primary breast adenocarcinoma.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Fetal survival in the cow after pregnancy diagnosis by palpation per rectum.

It is desirable to determine whether a cow has failed to become pregnant as early as possible, preferably prior to 50 d after insemination. Although palpation per rectum has been the generally accepted method of pregnancy diagnosis in cattle, the procedure may be a significant iatrogenic cause of fetal attrition. In a study conducted at a North Florida dairy from January through June 1982, pregnancy was determined in 192 Holstein-Friesian cows by measuring low milk progesterone (P4) content on day of insemination (Day 0) and elevated P4 on Days 21 and 24. Pregnant cows were randomly assigned to a treatment and a control group. Cows in the treatment group (n=85) were palpated per rectum twice between Days 42 and 46 after insemination. Cows in the control group (n=107) were not palpated until both groups were palpated at Day 90. Palpation, done by two experienced clinicians, consisted of palpation of fetal fluid fluctuation, identification of the amniotic vesicle, and slipping of the chorioallantoic membranes. In both groups of cows fetal viability was monitored by milk P4 content. Last milk (5 to 15 ml) was collected from one front quarter on Days 0, 21, and 24 and twice weekly thereafter through Day 63. Milk was defatted by centrifugation and the fat-free milk progesterone content measured by a radioimmunoassay without extraction. The milk P4 test was 80.0% accurate in determining pregnancy in the palpated and nonpalpated cows. In the cows palpated on Days 42 to 46, pregnancy rates declined by 7.5% as determined by palpation at Day 90, or by 11.4% as determined by milk P4 content through Day 63 (both values P<0.05). Cows that were not palpated on Days 42 to 46 showed a 1.9% increase or a 4.3% decline in pregnancy rates as determined by the same criteria. Before palpation, at Days 42 to 46, pregnancy rates were better in cows that were inseminated in winter (January to March) than in spring (April to June) (82.3% vs 61.6%; P<0.05); P4 content was higher (winter>spring=2.13 ng/ml vs 1.38 ng/ml; P<0.05). First-lactation cows had higher P4 values on Days 21 and 24 than older cows (P<0.01).

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Predictive value of palpation per rectum vs milk and serum progesterone levels for the diagnosis of bovine follicular and luteal cysts.

Diagnosis of bovine follicular and luteal cysts by palpation per rectum was compared with diagnosis by progesterone status, as determined by an enzymeimmunoassay (EIA). A 2x2 contingency table analysis allowed the calculation of predictive value, sensitivity and specificity for the palpation diagnosis of both cyst types. The results were 75.0, 61.9 and 50.0% for follicular cysts and 35.1, 50.0 and 61.9% for luteal cysts, respectively. The EIA results were compared to radioimmunoassay (RIA). The predictive value for a low progesterone determination (<5ng/ml) was 91.8% and for high progesterone (5ng/ml or >) it was 83.3%. The sensitivity and specificity for the EIA were both 88.2%. Within the EIA system, milk and serum samples agreed a total of 85 out of 87 times (97.7%). Definitive diagnosis of follicular or luteal cysts should not be based upon palpation per rectum alone. The EIA was found to be the better definitive diagnostic technique.

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The predictive value, sensitivity and specificity of palpation per rectum and transrectal ultrasonography for the determination of bovine luteal status.

Luteal status (classifications 1 and 3 = high progesterone levels, 2 and 4 = low progesterone levels) was diagnosed in randomly cyclic Holstein cows, using palpation per rectum and B-mode transrectal ultrasonography, respectively. The results were compared in 2x2 contingency tables with radioimmunoassay (RIA) classifications. Cows with milk progesterone levels of 5.0 ng/ml or higher were classified high and cows with levels below 5.0 ng/ml of progesterone were low. The predictive value, sensitivity and specificity results were 1) 88.2, 68.2 and 88.9% for Classification 1; 69.6, 88.9 and 68.2 for Classification 2; 90.9, 83.3 and 87.5 for Classification 3; and 77.8, 87.5 and 83.3 for Classification 4. Within each test, the diagnosis of high progesterone status was more accurate than of low status. The types of errors are discussed. A correlation coefficient of 0.68 resulted between RIA progesterone concentration and ultrasonographic luteal diameter. Ultrasonography was a better diagnostic test than palpation per rectum.

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Embryonic loss from 30 to 60 days post breeding and the effect of palpation per rectum on pregnancy.

This study was conducted over a 12-mo period to determine the rate of bovine embryo death between 30 and 60 d of gestation. In addition, palpation per rectum as a means of pregnancy detection was evaluated as a possible cause of embryo death. Estrus was synchronized in Holstein heifers (n = 1358), weighing > or = 385 kg, with a single intramuscular injection of 25 mg prostaglandin F(2alpha). Estrus was primarily detected by the absence of paint marks on the tailhead. The heifers were artificially inseminated with semen from 5 Holstein sires. Blood was collected between 30 and 45 d after breeding, and sera were evaluated for the presence of bovine pregnancy-specific protein B (bPSPB) by RIA to determine pregnancy. Palpation for fetal membrane slip was conducted by an experienced technician in approximately one-half of the inseminated heifers. To determine embryonic survival, a second blood sample was collected at approximately 60 d from 862 heifers that were determined to be pregnant at the first blood sampling. Embryonic loss averaged 5.3% during the interval between the initial detection of pregnancy at 30 to 45 d and the subsequent detection of pregnancy at 60 d of gestation. Embryo loss in heifers that were palpated was 6.5% compared with that of 4.3% in the control heifers (X(2): P = 0.145). These findings establish that there was substantial loss of embryos between 30 and 60 d post breeding but that embryo loss was not affected by palpation per rectum.

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Combined pre and postoperative radiation for carcinoma of the rectum.

Since 1976, a new approach to adjuvant radiation therapy in carcinoma of the rectum has been used at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Seventy-eight patients with biopsy-proven invasive carcinoma of the rectum have been treated with low dose preoperative radiation, 500 rad given either on the day of or the day before surgery. Following surgery, the lesions were pathologically staged according to Astler-Coller's Modification of Duke's staging. Patients with good prognostic features (Stage A or B1) were followed with no further treatment while patients with poor prognostic characteristics (Stage B2, C1 and C2) were treated with aggressive postoperative pelvic radiation, 4500 rad delivered in five weeks. All patients entered into this study received the preoperative dose of 500 rad. Fifty-six patients underwent an A-P resection, four patients underwent a low anterior resection and ten patients had a combined abdominal transsacral resection. Eight patients were found to have liver metastasis at laparotomy and underwent a colostomy followed by palliative therapy. Twenty-nine patients were found to have early disease, Stage A or B1, and were given no further therapy. Of 41 patients with Stage B2 or C, 25 patients received the full course of postoperative radiation. Sixteen patients did not receive postoperative radiation for a variety of reasons. Follow-up in these patients ranges from six months to a maximum of 48 months with a median follow-up of 18 months. Sixty-nine of the total group of 78 patients are currently alive. Two patients with early tumor (Stage A or B1) have died of metastasis. One other patient with Stage A carcinoma died of unrelated causes. Two of the 25 patients receiving postoperative radiation developed metastatic disease, but none of the patients developed local recurrence in the pelvis. Six of 16 patients who should have received postoperative radiation, but did not recurred. Four of these six recurrences have been in the pelvis. Both the incidence of failure and the pattern of recurrence between these two groups of patients who did not receive postoperative radiation is suggestive of a better effect in the PR unrelated group. Survival of patients treated with this approach appears to be improved.

Follow-Up Studies↗

Perineal effects of postoperative treatment for adenocarcinoma of the rectum.

Nine (4%) first recurrences that involved the perineum were identified in a randomized study of 202 patients treated by no further therapy, chemotherapy only, radiotherapy only, combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy, following complete surgical excision of adenocarcinoma of the rectum. Six of these were in unirradiated patients and in two of the three irradiated patients the perineum was included in the treatment volume. Eight of the nine patients were male and all nine had received abdominoperineal resection (APR). Our quality assurance procedures identified 22 of 96 irradiated patients in whom the perineum was grossly outside the fields. Sixteen of these had undergone APR. As only one of these 16 relapsed in the perineum no definite effect of the surgical procedure on the likelihood of perineal recurrence could be demonstrated. Examination of the pathology reports revealed that 28 patients undergoing APR had tumors within 2 cm of the anorectal junction (pectinate line). Five (17.8%) developed perineal recurrence compared with 4 (3.6%) of 110 patients whose tumors were more than 2 cm from the anus (p less than 0.02-Fisher exact test). No survival differences could be demonstrated between those receiving perineal irradiation and those not but perineal irradiation was associated with toxicity with at least nine (12.2%) out of 74 developing severe complications directly related to the perineum. The routine inclusion of the perineum in postoperative pelvic irradiation fields for all cases of adenocarcinoma of the rectum is questioned. Our current policy following APR includes optional coverage of the perineum for those tumors more than 5 cm from the anorectal junction.

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A selective approach to adjunctive therapy for cancer of the rectum.

PURPOSE: To present results of a selective approach to adjunctive therapy and surgery based on a new model of clinical staging for rectal cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Three hundred and sixty-two patients with rectal cancer treated with adjunctive radiation therapy and surgery have been analyzed to define patient selection criteria based on clinical assessment of disease. Clinical prognostic features of tumor mobility and level of lesion in the rectum with reference to the anorectal junction were used. Mobile, early fixed (partial), advanced fixed (total) and frozen pelvis are defined as clinical Stages I, II, III, and IV. Tumors above 6 cm (middle valve), 3-6 cm (inferior to middle valve), 0-3 cm (anorectum to inferior valve), and into the anal canal are defined as levels a, b, c, d, respectively. Based on this model, patients with mobile tumors of the proximal rectum (CS Ia, b) are treated with 500 cGy preoperative radiation and selective postoperative radiation (4500 cGy) for Stages B2 and C cancer. All other patients are treated with escalating doses of preoperative radiation. Follow-up in these patients ranges from 1 year to 14 years with a median of 5 years. RESULTS: Overall 5-year survival of the total group of patients is 69%. Survival by pathological stage is 82% for O, A, B1, 67% for B2, 74% for C1, and 51% for C2. Survival by clinical stages is 77% for CS I, 67% for CS II, 57% for CS III, and 21% for CS IV. Overall local recurrence is 43/362 (12%). L.R. by pathological stages is 5% for O, A, B1, 18% for B2, 10% for C1, and 17% for C2. L.R. by clinical stages is 9% for CS I, 14% for CS II, 17% for CS III, and 50% for CS IV. CONCLUSION: An integrated adjunctive therapy and selective surgical approach based on careful clinical staging of rectal cancer results in a global improvement in overall local control and survival of patients.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Late complications of postoperative radiation therapy for cancer of the rectum and rectosigmoid.

PURPOSE: We retrospectively examined the surgical, medical, radiotherapeutic and technical factors associated with late small bowel and nonsmall bowel morbidity. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The medical records of 224 patients with cancer of the rectum and rectosigmoid treated mainly with abdominoperineal resection or anterior resection and postoperative radiotherapy at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center from 1973 to 1990 were reviewed. The median dose was 54 Gy (range 34-66 Gy) at 1.8-2 Gy per fraction using various techniques (23 had extended fields to L1 or L2; pelvic fields were treated with anterior-posterior in 85, 83 had a 3-field plan and 33 had a 4-field "box"). A positioning technique that treats patients on an open table-top device was used in 78 patients to move the small intestine out of the pelvis. Bladder distension was used in eight. Forty-seven patients received concomitant 5-fluorouracil. Small bowel series were performed in 122 patients to assess the volume of small bowel inside the pelvis below the conjugate line. RESULTS: In 29 patients, the median time to the development of small bowel obstruction was 7 months (range 0-69 months); 18 patients required reoperations. The small bowel obstruction rate was 30% in patients treated with daily extended field radiotherapy, 21% in those with a single pelvic field and 9% with multiple pelvic fields. Small bowel obstruction was positively correlated with postsurgical adhesions prior to radiotherapy and absence of reperitonealization at the time of initial surgery (p < 0.05). There was no correlation of small bowel obstruction with a history of hypertension, diabetes, prior surgery, history of abdominal infections, postoperative infections, wound healing, pathologic tumor stage, types of surgical procedures, sites of primary tumor, age, or sex. Patients developing small bowel obstruction had larger amounts of small bowel assessed radiologically below the conjugate line than those without complications. With the open table-top device, the small bowel obstruction rate was 3%. In 47 patients treated with radiation and chemotherapy on the open table-top device, the small bowel obstruction rate was 15%, but these patients had more small bowel inside the pelvis than those without the complication. The median time to the development of nonsmall bowel obstruction in 29 patients was 8 months (range 0-85 months), and the nonsmall bowel obstruction complications were significantly correlated with postoperative infection. Most nonsmall bowel obstruction complications were in the genitourinary tract and occurred in patients who had abdominoperineal resection. CONCLUSION: The open table-top device, by moving the small bowel out of the treatment field, reduces small bowel obstruction in patients treated with radical surgery and postoperative radiotherapy for cancer of the rectum and rectosigmoid. This technique is facile, reproducible, and does not require patient compliance.

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Medical management of severe inflammatory disease of the rectum and distal colon: non-nutritional aspects.

Rectal bleeding is the cardinal symptom in patients with inflammation of the rectum, and initial management must be directed at establishing an underlying diagnosis. In many patients in the Western World this will be idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease, although in all cases other causes such as infection must be excluded. Idiopathic proctitis is usually due to either ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, and in both conditions corticosteroids, either systemic or topical, provide the mainstay of treatment. The 5-aminosalicylic acid drugs are helpful in both acute and maintenance treatment, again given either systemically or topically, while metronidazole is of value in patients with Crohn's disease. In those with refractory proctitis alternative agents such as azathioprine, immunomodulating drugs and barrier agents may be useful. Severe inflammation of the rectum secondary to pelvic irradiation will also usually respond to topical steroid therapy, although sucralfate enemas may be equally successful; in resistant cases other treatments may be needed. Infective proctitis, when diagnosed, may require treatment with specific antimicrobial agents.

Adrenal Cortex Hormones↗

Classical Hodgkin lymphoma arising in the rectum.

We report a case of an 81-year-old immunocompetent Mexican man who underwent an abdominal-perineal rectal resection for a mass clinically thought to be carcinoma. Histopathologic diagnosis revealed classical Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular sclerosis type, involving the rectum. The diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemical studies that showed that the neoplastic cells were positive for CD15 and CD30 and negative for CD45 (LCA). In situ hybridization for Epstein-Barr virus small-encoded RNA was also positive in the neoplastic cells. Hodgkin lymphoma arising in the rectum of immunocompetent patients is rare, with only 12 cases (including this one) reported in the literature. Of these, the diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemical studies in only two cases, and this is the first case assessed and shown to be positive for Epstein-Barr virus.

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