title: Alveolar soft-part sarcoma of the tongue. Report of a case.
abstract: A case of alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) of the tongue in a 19-year-old boy is presented. He underwent a hemiglossectomy and received chemotherapy and has been free of disease for 3 years. The origin of intracytoplasmic periodic acid-Shiff(PAS)-positive crystals found in the tumor and the histogenesis of ASPS are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Japan.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Takita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iriki-In
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D010503:Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*