Combined surgery and radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of EBV-associated smooth muscle tumors after liver transplantation in a child

Abstract

EBV-associated post-transplant smooth muscle tumors (EBV-PTSMTs) is a rare complication following solid organ transplantation and has been observed more frequently in pediatric and young adult populations. This manuscript reports a 10-month-old female child who developed multicentric EBV-PTSMTs in a liver graft and in the distal ileum 2 years after living donor liver transplantation. The patient was successfully treated with resection and radiofrequency ablation of a liver nodule in a central position in the graft parenchyma.

Keywords

• Liver transplantation
• Epstein-Barr virus
• Smooth muscle tumors
• Radiofrequency ablation
• Children
• Live donation