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ArticleCureus2025

Hepatic Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Smooth Muscle Tumor in a Young Woman With Congenital HIV.

Mariam Hafez, Ahmed Ebeid, Alisa Dewald, Abdelrhman Refaey, Reid Schalet, Mamoun Younes, Ameer Abutaleb

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Article in Cureus, 2025. 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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7 authors.

Mariam HafezTransplant Hepatology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
Ahmed EbeidInternal Medicine Department, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Alisa DewaldTransplant Hepatology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
Abdelrhman RefaeyInternal Medicine, Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, USA.
Reid SchaletInternal Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
Mamoun YounesDepartment of Pathology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
Ameer AbutalebTransplant Hepatology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumor (EBV-SMT) is a rare condition involving smooth muscle tumors in various organs, often in the context of immunodeficiency. Hepatic EBV-SMT usually presents with non-specific symptoms such as abdominal pain and weight loss. We present a case of a 25-year-old woman who presented with multiple liver masses in the setting of congenital human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Initially, those lesions were suspected to represent metastatic tumors, but the biopsy showed smooth muscle proliferation suggestive of a smooth muscle tumor. Diagnosis of EBV-SMT was confirmed through in situ hybridization for EBV RNA. This case underscores the diagnostic challenges and pathogenesis of EBV-SMT.

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biopsycongenital immunodeficiencyepstein-barr virusleiomyomasmooth muscle tumor

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PMID41281090
PMCPMC12631944

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