Open AccessAlveolar soft part sarcoma: A rare diagnosis
Author(s) -
Priyanka Sarkar,
Subhabrata Mukherjee,
Makhan Saha,
Rabi Sankar Biswas
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.110873
Subject(s) - medicine , alveolar soft part sarcoma , rare disease , soft tissue , sarcoma , metastasis , hemangioma , histopathological examination , connective tissue , radiology , soft tissue sarcoma , chemotherapy , pathology , disease , surgery , cancer
Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) is an extremely rare disease arising from connective tissues with a propensity for recurrence and metastasis. Clinically, it can be confused with hemangioma or arterio-venous malformations. Thus, a high index of suspicion and histopathological examination are required to make a definitive diagnosis. We report a case of recurrent ASPS in a young female with multiple sites involvement without any features of metastasis who has been treated with excision of the symptomatic lesions followed by chemotherapy