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. 2013 Mar;7(1):73-5.
doi: 10.1007/s12105-012-0401-4. Epub 2012 Sep 27.

Nonkeratinizing undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Brandon R Peterson  1 , Brenda L Nelson
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Nonkeratinizing undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Brandon R Peterson et al. Head Neck Pathol. 2013 Mar.
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Computed tomography (CT) image showing a wedge-shaped mass in the right nasopharynx (arrow)
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Medium-power view demonstrating large cells exhibiting a syncytial growth pattern with associated lymphoid stroma and an absence of keratinization
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High-power view demonstrating cells with large round vesicular nuclei and prominent nucleoli
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In-situ hybridization for Epstein–Barr virus encoded RNA (EBER) demonstrating diffuse nuclear labeling
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