Asymptomatic Hepatic Leiomyoma in an Immunocompetent Middle-Aged Woman

Primary hepatic leiomyomas are rare tumors most commonly in immunosuppressed individuals who are coinfected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). From our literature review, there have been 50 published cases, of which 24 were immunocompetent individuals and only 5 were negative for EBV infection. We repor...

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Autores principales: Nwankwo, Eugene C., Burton, Samuel J., Brotherton, Tim, Carpenter, Danielle, Qureshi, Kamran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9699575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36447767
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000899
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Sumario:Primary hepatic leiomyomas are rare tumors most commonly in immunosuppressed individuals who are coinfected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). From our literature review, there have been 50 published cases, of which 24 were immunocompetent individuals and only 5 were negative for EBV infection. We report a case of primary hepatic leiomyomas in an asymptomatic middle-aged woman without a history of immunosuppression or EBV infection.

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