Alveolar soft part sarcoma following radiotherapy for a spinal hemangioma. A case report.
A case of alveolar soft part sarcoma arising some 20 years later in a site previously irradiated as a treatment for a spinal cord hemangioma is described. This is the first known case of radiation-associated alveolar soft part sarcoma, and it fulfills the criteria for a tumor to be radiation-induced. The coincidental finding of "viral-like" particles within some of the tumor cells was noted.
D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*