| METHODS : We employed EBV encoded RNA in situ hybridization ( ISH ) , lytic EBV ISH , latent membrane protein 1 immunohistochemistry , and BamH1Z leftward reading frame 1 immunohistochemistry to detect and localize EBV in paraffin sections of MCC from five patients as well as seven other cutaneous tumors and positive controls for EBV infection . ^^^ |