Alveolar soft-part sarcoma of the tongue. Report of a case.
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.
Takita
M A
MA
2nd Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Japan.
Morishita
M
M
Iriki-In
M
M
Sakuda
M
M
Fukuda
Y
Y
Ishida
T
T
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*