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.
MRI of alveolar soft-part sarcoma
โ Scribed by Yu-Dong Chen; Ming-Shium Hsieh; Min-Szu Yao; Yun-Ho Lin; Wing P. Chan
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 802 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-6111
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โฆ Synopsis
Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) is rare. We present a case of a 30-year-old woman with a 6-month history of a palpable mass in her left thigh. MRI showed an 8-cm mass and a satellite nodule at the left gluteus muscle. The main tumor exhibited an isointense signal on T1-weighted images and high-signal-intensity areas with low-signal-intensity scanty solid components on T2-weighted images. MR angiography showed dilated and tortuous veins around the tumor. Histologic findings were compatible with ASPS.
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The patient is a three-and-one-half-year-old girl who was well until three weeks prior to referral when her mother noticed a small subcutaneous mass below the left scapula. There was no history of trauma, and neither pain, fever, nor regional adenopathy was noted by the examining surgeon. At surgery