IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DETECTION OF EPSTEIN - BARR VIRUS IN NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA LESIONS AMONG SUDANESE PATIENTS USING LMP-1 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY

Abstract

Objective: protein-1 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) lesions in Sudanese patients. Methods: lesions were stained by Results: EBV males with undifferentiated carcinomas. Conclusion: this was a retrospective descriptive study aimed to assess the role of (LMP-1) Monoclonal Antibody in the detection of Epstei Forty-five paraffin-embedded formalin-fixed tissue sections of Anti- EBV LMP-1 and results were correlated with the available clinical data. was positive in 23 cases and negative in 22 cases. Most positive results were in elderly Anti- EBV LMP-1 is effective in detecting EBV in nasopharyngeal carcinoma lesions. latent membrane n- Barr virus (EBV) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma