Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma with Unusual Cardiac Metastasis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. (6th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tiwari, Abhinav; Bangalore, Bhavana Siddegowda; Sharma, Himani; Ammari, Zaid; Khan, Mohammad S.; Khan, Zubair; Simo, Hermann
• Other Names: Ercan Ertuğurul Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in cardiology. Volume 2017(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-08-06
• Subjects: Cardiology -- Periodicals; 616.12005
• DOI: 10.1155/2017/7248727
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6404

Abstract

Abstract : Alveolar soft part sarcoma is a very uncommon soft tissue malignancy which accounts for <1% of soft tissue sarcoma. It is a malignant and highly vascular tumor arising most commonly in the musculature of the lower extremities, with metastasis primarily to the lungs, bones, and brain. Cardiac metastasis is very rare and only 5 cases have been reported in the literature so far. We report a case of a young woman with a history of surgically resected alveolar soft part sarcoma of left thigh who presented with persistent dry cough and was found to have a cardiac mass, which on biopsy proved to be alveolar soft part sarcoma.