Adrenal gland leiomyoma in a child with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Pediatr Pathol Lab Med. 1995 Nov-Dec;15(6):923-9. doi: 10.3109/15513819509027028.

Abstract

An adrenal gland leiomyoma was incidentally found at autopsy in a 2-year-old boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Smooth muscle neoplasms have been described in pediatric AIDS and affect mainly the tracheobronchopulmonary, gastrointestinal, and hepatobiliary systems. An association between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and smooth muscle tumors in patients with AIDS has been described. This case is the first leiomyoma to be reported in the adrenal gland of a child with AIDS. EBV genome was demonstrated in the tumor by polymerase chain reaction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Actins / analysis
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Viral / chemistry
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Leiomyoma / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / pathology
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • Actins
  • DNA, Viral