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Alveolar soft part sarcoma in brain with cardiac metastasis: a case report.

Akiyama Y, Baba T, Ibayashi Y, Asai Y, Houkin K

Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare soft tissue neoplasm. The coexistence of ASPS with cardiac metastasis is quite rare, in particular. In general, the sarcoma is a malignant disease and grows very fast. However, the mean survival time of patients with ASPS is relatively long. Patients who are diagnosed with localized disease usually have a favorable prognosis, while those who present with widespread metastases usually have a poor prognosis and ultimately, succumb to their disease. The use of modern treatment modalities, such as combination of surgery, and radiotherapy, may significantly prolong the survival time in many patients. Because of the long-term period with symptomatic brain tumors in this disease, the patients should be treated even in the presence of multiple metastases in other organs.

Published 12 December 2006 in Int J Cardiol, 114(3): e93-5.
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