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- Title
Bilateral Epstein-Barr virus-associated adrenal leiomyomas in a child without an established immunodeficiency.
- Authors
Sathe, Pragati A; Shah, Hardik U; Kothari, Kanchan S; Ranganathan, Sarangarajan; Kandalkar, Bhuvaneshwari M
- Abstract
Adrenal leiomyomas are rare, bilateral ones being rarer. Literature available on these rare tumors documents only 4 cases in children less than 12 years of age. Each case has been associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or some other immunodeficiency state. Here we present a rare case of large, bilateral, adrenal leiomyomas in a child with no known immunodeficiency. An 11-year-old girl with a past history of herpes zoster (1 year before the present complaints) was admitted with abdominal pain of 2 months' duration. Radiology revealed bilateral adrenal neoplasms, probably bilateral pheochromocytoma. Histology showed bilateral adrenal leiomyomas that were Epstein-Barr virus associated. We report this case to draw attention to the occurrence of a common pathologic entity at an uncommon site in a setting of no definite known immunodeficiency.
- Publication
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society, 2012, Vol 15, Issue 4, p329
- ISSN
1093-5266
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2350/12-01-1135-CR.1