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ArticleCureus2024

Multifocal Head and Neck Tumor in a Patient With HIV: A Rare Case.

Aminath Afaa Mohamed, Fara Rahidah Hussin, Ummu Afeera Zainulabid, Isa Mohamed Rose, Petrick Ramesh Periyasamy

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Aminath Afaa MohamedInternal Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
Fara Rahidah HussinInternal Medicine, Tuanku Mizan Armed Forces Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
Ummu Afeera ZainulabidInternal Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
Isa Mohamed RosePathology and Laboratory Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
Petrick Ramesh PeriyasamyInternal Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.

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Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumors (EBV-SMTs) are a rare type of tumor occurring exclusively in immunocompromised patients in the setting of HIV/AIDS, post-organ transplant, and congenital immunodeficiency. These tumors require demonstration of EBV DNA on histopathologic studies in order to establish a diagnosis. The overall prognosis is good. The principle of treatment is re-establishing the host immunity, which includes antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV/AIDS patients and reducing immunosuppressive therapy in post-transplant patients. The role of surgery is well established when the tumor is causing a mass effect, whereas chemotherapy and radiotherapy have a limited role. Herein, we report a case of a multifocal EBV-SMT in a patient with HIV, treated successfully with standard ART along with diagnostic and therapeutic surgical resection.

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