Adrenal Leiomyoma: A Rare Tumor Presented as an Incidentaloma in a Patient with AIDS

¹Division of HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases F. J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

²Medicine Department, Infectious Diseases Orientation, University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

³Urology Section, Infectious Diseases F. J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

⁴Histopathology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases F. J. F. J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 5Histopathology Laboratory, M. Curie Oncology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Corresponding Author: Marcelo Corti, Department of HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases F. J. Muñiz Hospital, Puán 381, 2nd Floor, C 1406 CQG, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel: 541144323762; E-Mail: [email protected]

 Received Date: 07 May 2016   
 Accepted Date: 27 May 2016
 Published Date: 01 Jun 2016

Copyright© 2016 Corti M

Citation:Corti M, Carolis LD,Véliz L,, Campitelli A, et al. (2016). Adrenal Leiomyoma: A Rare Tumor Presented as an Incidentaloma in a Patient with AIDS. Mathews J HIV AIDS. 1(1): 006. 

ABSTRACT

Background and Aims

Adrenal leiomyoma is an extremely rare and benign tumor, usually presents as an incidental finding. Generally, this tumor is a non-functional large adrenal mass. The majority of leiomyomas of the adrenal gland are called as s“incidentalomas” because they are found in absence of clinical symptoms and represents an unexpected finding during an abdominal ultrasound or computed tomography (CT) scan. Here we describe a 40-year-old man seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), under highly active antiretroviral therapy who presents a heterogeneously left adrenal mass in the context of a routine ultrasound abdominal scan. A CT abdominal scan confirms this finding. Laboratory results revealed that the tumor was non-functional. Because the possibility of adrenal carcinoma, the patient underwent a successful left adrenalectomy. Histopathology examination and immunohistochemistry techniques confirm the diagnosis of leiomyoma. Adrenal leiomyoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of unilateral, non-functional adrenal tumors in HIV patients.

KEYWORDS

Adrenal Leiomyoma; Incidental Finding; HIV; AIDS.