Successful treatment for solitary brain metastasis from alveolar soft part sarcoma.
Following pulmonary metastases, alveolar soft part sarcoma has an unexplained predisposition to metastasize to the brain. Herein, a case of alveolar soft part sarcoma solitarily metastatic to the brain is described. A 23-year old female underwent the resection of alveolar soft part sarcoma from the right thigh. Three years after the surgery, a brain tumor was resected and pathology proved it was a metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma. She is currently alive and well 6 years after brain surgery. Our report suggests that surgical resection for solitary brain metastasis from alveolar soft part sarcoma is an effective treatment modality.
Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei; Taiwan, Republic of China.
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D018234:Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed