18F-FDG PET/CT imaging of multiple intrahepatic Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumors in a pediatric patient after heart transplantation

Hell J Nucl Med. 2022 Sep-Dec;25(3):320-322. doi: 10.1967/s002449912521. Epub 2022 Dec 14.

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumor (EBV-SMT) is an exceedingly rare neoplastic disease with a predisposition in immune-compromised individuals, especially in patients with prior transplantation, human immunodeficiency virus infection, or congenital immunodeficiency. Here, we present imaging findings of EBV-SMT in multiphasic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT in a two-and-a-half-year-old boy with prior heart transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections* / complications
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Heart Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Smooth Muscle Tumor* / complications
  • Smooth Muscle Tumor* / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18