ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2022
Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Smooth Muscle Tumor and Its Correlation With CD4 Levels in a Patient With HIV Infection.
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- Multifocal intracranial epstein-barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumors in an HIV-positive patient: incidental discovery and treatment with staged gamma knife radiosurgery.Neuroradiology · 2026Article
- Endobronchial Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Smooth Muscle Tumor in Advanced HIV Infection: A Rare Case.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Solitary thoracic Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumor presenting after kidney transplant: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026Article
- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated smooth muscle tumor of the central nervous system in an HIV patient: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumor of the lung in a child: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Hepatic Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Smooth Muscle Tumor in a Young Woman With Congenital HIV.Cureus · 2025Article
- A Case of Life-Threatening Airway Obstruction Due to Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Smooth Muscle Tumor With HIV Infection.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Mesenchymal Tumors of the Liver: An Update Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
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- Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Smooth Muscle Tumor in the Liver Post Kidney Transplant: A Case Report.Cureus · 2024Article
- A Clinicopathology Review and Update of Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Mesenchymal Tumors.Cancers · 2023Review
- EBV-Associated Smooth Muscle Tumor in the Malar Area of an HIV-Positive Patient: A Case Report.Head and neck pathology · 2023Article
- Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment and Immunotherapy of Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Malignancies.Viruses · 2022Review
- Pulmonary Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumor after kidney transplantation: two case reports with review of differential diagnosis.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologieReview
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Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumor (EBV-SMT) is a rare tumor found in immunocompromised patients, and its treatment is not well-established. A role for antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related EBV-SMT has been proposed; however, the relevance of tumor size, CD4 levels, and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) has not been previously reported. We present the first case, to our knowledge, of a tumor that shrank in association with elevated CD4 counts. IRIS occurred in this case following antiretroviral therapy. This finding highlights the importance of the immune response in HIV-related EBV-SMT.
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