title: Alveolar soft-part sarcoma presenting with eosinophilia and shunt.
abstract: Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare soft tissue tumour found in young adults that usually arises in skeletal muscle and occurs most frequently in the lower limbs. Radiological and pathological findings of ASPS in a 34-year-old man who presented with increasing shortness of breath over a period of four to six weeks with peripheral blood eosinophilia, hypoxemia and a significant arteriovenous shunt are reported. The present article is the fourth report of eosinophilia in association with sarcoma, and the first involving ASPS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Almansori
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Girgis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vethanayagam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D018234:Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology