Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the uterine cervix

We describe two rare cervical tumors having morphologic features closely re sembling those of the nasopharyngeal lymphoepithelioma, This entity has his torically been classified as a subtype of squamous cell carcinoma, but afte r reviewing the literature and the two cases presented here, we propose tha t this tumor is a distinct carcinoma of the cervix that differs from squamo us cell carcinoma in that it carries a more favorable prognosis, typically affects a younger population of women, is more prevalent in noncaucasian po pulations (especially those of Asian descent), and lacks a clearly defined association with infection due to human papilloma virus (HPV).