J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1989 Dec;18(7-12):1108-1113.

Cerebral Metastases and Menifestation of the Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma

• Park CO
• Chae KB
• Kim Y
• Ha YS

Abstract

Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma(ASPS) in an unusual tumor of soft tissue, it has invariably ended in death from disseminated disease, and the lung has been the most common site of metastasis, but the brain was the 3rd most common site of metastasis. That proportion seems 0.4% of all soft tissue sarcoma. Clinical, pathological, and radiological features of metastatic cerebral lesions resulting from ASPS are presented. Angioarchitecture, and radiotherapic finding and chemotherapy are discussed. The unusual juxtaposition of the tumor cells to the endothelium seems responsible for the highly vascular appearance of the lesion on angiography, the frequency of hematogenous spread, and the grave, although delayed, prognosis. The purpose of this paper is to be report ASPS which has never been reported in Korea yet, with some references.

Keyword

Alveolar soft part sarcoma; Brain metastases; Radiotherapy; Chemotherapy

MeSH Terms

Angiography
Brain
Drug Therapy
Endothelium
Korea
Lung
Neoplasm Metastasis*
Prognosis
Radiotherapy
Sarcoma
Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part*
Viperidae