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Thymic Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma
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. -- 2005 (NCI Thesaurus)
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