This paper presents the case history of a 22-year-old woman with an alveolar soft part sarcoma of the scapular region. Treatment consisted of resection. Cytostatic medication with adriamycin and dacarbazine (DTIC) failed t o prevent rapid general metastatic growth.
Alveolar soft part sarcoma of bone
โ Scribed by Yasumori Koguchi; Takehiko Yamaguchi; Minoru Yamato; Denju Osada; Koichi Saotome
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 320 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0949-2658
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