ADRENAL-GLAND LEIOMYOMA IN A CHILD WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME

An adrenal gland leiomyoma was incidentally found at autopsy in a 2-ye ar-old boy with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Smooth musc le neoplasms have been described in pediatric AIDS and affect mainly t he tracheobronchopulmonary, gastrointestinal, and hepatobiliary system s. An association between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and smooth muscle t umors 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. E BV genome was demonstrated in the tumor by polymerase chain, reaction.