Successful treatment for solitary brain metastasis from alveolar soft part sarcoma

J Neurooncol. 1995;25(2):161-6. doi: 10.1007/BF01057760.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Muscle Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Muscle Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part / pathology
  • Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part / secondary*
  • Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed