Table 5 Relationship between EBV and LELC reported in the literature
From: Association between Epstein-Barr virus and Thymic epithelial tumors: a systematic review
Year | Technique | Cases | EBV-positive cases | Age/sex | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | SB | 1 | 1 | 19/M | Leyvraz et al. [24] |
1988 | SB | 1 | 1 | 30/F | Dimery et al. [25] |
1988 | SB | 1 | 1 | 73/F | McGuire et al. [13] |
1992 | PCR | 4 | 1 | 10/M | Matsuno et al. [26] |
1992 | ISH | 4 | 1 | 26/F | Mann et al. [16] |
1993 | SB | 1 | 1 | 15/M | Patton et al. [27] |
1993 | ISH | 5 | 1 | 19/M | Wu et al. [17] |
1993 | ISH | 1 | 1 | 13/F | Fujii et al. [18] |
1996 | ISH | 1 | 1 | 14/M | Niehues et al. [28] |
2001 | ISH | 2 | 1 | 59/M | Tateyama et al. [21] |
2009 | IH | 1 | 1 | 26/M | Koppula et al. [29] |
2012 | PCR | 1 | 1 | 17/M | Januszkiewicz et al. [30] |
Total | – | 23 | 12 | – | – |