alveolar soft part sarcoma

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Introduction

unknown tissue of origin.

Epidemiology

Pathology

Microscopic pathology

Immunophenotype

desmin sometimes + s100, neuron specific enolase + in ~1/4 cases synaptophysin - chromogranin - neurofilament proteins - cytokeratin - EMA -

Genetics

Clinical manifestations

  • slowly growing painless mass
  • early metastasis is characteristic feature

More general terms

References

  1. WHO Classification Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone Fletcher, Unni & Mertens Eds. IARC Press 2002

Patient information

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