Primary Intracranial Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma: Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature.
First author:Xiaogang Tao
Corresponding author:Baiyun Liu
2016-06-01
Journal:World Neurosurgery
Publication type: Research Article
IF(IF): 2.104
PMID: 26862023 Link To Pubmed Full text Download
We report 2 cases of primary intracranial lesions thatwere surgically treated, and a postoperative diagnosis of ASPS was determined in both of the cases. The tumor in the 28-year-old female patient completelyresolved after a treatment course consisting of surgical intervention and radiotherapy. After a follow-up period of 27 months, the patient was tumor-free. The other patient was a 13-year-old boy with a right middle cranial fossa tumor who experienced subtotal surgery, experienced a tumor relapse, and died 2 years after surgery.
This is the fifth report about primary intracranial ASPS. We herein present the clinical pathologic characteristics, imaging features, and differential diagnosis of primary ASPS of the brain. Gross total resection is the most effective therapeutic option for primary intracranial ASPS