ArticlePediatric radiology2013
Alveolar soft part sarcoma-radiologic patterns in children and adolescents.
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- Imaging-driven diagnosis of retroperitoneal psoas major alveolar soft part sarcoma: a case report.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Ultrasound characteristics of alveolar soft part sarcoma in pediatric patients: a retrospective analysis.BMC cancer · 2024Article
- Imaging Features of Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma: Single Institution Experience and Literature Review.Clinics and practice · 2023Article
- Alveolar soft part sarcoma of the superior rectus muscle: Case report and review of literature.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2022Article
- Alveolar soft part sarcoma in a young woman: A case report from Hong Kong.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
- Imaging and Pathological Features of Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma: Analysis of 16 Patients.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2021Article
- iCREATE: imaging features of primary and metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma from the EORTC CREATE study.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2020Article
- Alveolar soft part sarcoma of the lateral rectus muscle: Suture technique to prevent postoperative strabismus.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2020Article
- Soft Tissue Special Issue: Imaging of Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas in the Head and Neck.Head and neck pathology · 2020Review
- Alveolar soft-part sarcoma: can MRI help discriminating from other soft-tissue tumors? A study of the French sarcoma group.European radiology · 2019Article
- Orbital alveolar soft part sarcoma: A report of 8 cases and review of the literature.Oncology letters · 2018Article
- Alveolar soft part sarcoma arising from the kidney: imaging and clinical features.Korean journal of radiologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAlveolar soft part sarcoma is a rare but highly malignant tumour and little is known about its radiologic pattern in children.
objectiveTo describe the radiologic features of alveolar soft part sarcoma in children and adolescents. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe retrospectively analysed the clinical and imaging data of six children age 7-17 years at diagnosis, with histologically or genetically proven alveolar soft part sarcoma.
resultsThe tumours were located deep within muscles of the limbs (n = 4), in chest wall muscle (n = 1) and in the orbit (n = 1). High-flow feeding arteries, large drainage veins and intense enhancement were consistent findings by all imaging modalities. At MRI, all tumours demonstrated high signal intensity on T2-weighted images and high or iso-intense signal on T1-W imaging compared to muscle. In tumours larger than 70 mm in one dimension (n = 3/6), large vessels converging toward the tumour centre led to a highly vascularised central stellar area pattern. Five children demonstrated synchronous (n = 4/5) and metachronous (n = 1/5) lung metastases.
conclusionAlveolar soft part sarcoma should be suggested when a highly vascularised, intramuscular mass demonstrating large feeding and drainage vessels converging toward a central stellar area is seen in children, especially if synchronous lung metastases are present.
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