ArticleDer Pathologe2014
[The visionary concept of "lymphoepithelioma" by A. Schmincke in 1921. Subsequent confusion over terminology and current approach to a solution].
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- [HPV-associated oropharyngeal carcinoma. Status quo and relationship with cancer of unknown primary].Der Pathologe · 2014Review
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Abstract
In 1921 Alexander Schmincke established the visionary concept of a clinically and histomorphologically defined carcinoma entity of different lymphoepithelial organs that he named "lymphoepithelioma". This nowadays mainly comprises non-keratinizing oropharyngeal carcinomas frequently associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) and non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinomas mostly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The term lymphoepithelioma was originally defined by A. Schmincke and J. Ewing as a combined clinical and histological tumor entity of lymphoepithelial organs. The main reason for the longstanding terminological confusion regarding the term lymphoepithelioma is based on the fact that lateron a pure histological interpretation (lymphoepithelial differentiation) caused an artificial and nonreproducible exclusion of tumors with transitional and basaloid differentiation. For the forthcoming new WHO classification it has been suggested that squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck should no longer be classified according to the heterogeneous histological differentiation but according to etiopathogenetic criteria (e.g. HPV-related, EBV-related, nicotine and alcohol-related). This proposed classification corresponds much better to the prognosis and therapy and would represent a late acknowledgement of Schmincke's visionary concept of a clinically and histomorphologically defined tumor entity. In addition, the ongoing terminological confusion over the heterogeneous and prognostically weak spectrum of histological differentiation would subside.
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