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Alveolar soft part sarcoma presenting as a uterine polyp: A case report

Alveolar soft part sarcoma is a rare malignant soft tissue tumor, mainly localized in the extremities and occurring principally in adolescents and young adults. Alveolar soft part sarcoma are uncommon in the female genital tract. We here report a case of alveolar soft part sarcoma in a 20-year-old n...

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Autores principales: Gomez, Mariangela, Whiting, Kerry, Naous, Rana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7057413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32180983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20910598
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description Alveolar soft part sarcoma is a rare malignant soft tissue tumor, mainly localized in the extremities and occurring principally in adolescents and young adults. Alveolar soft part sarcoma are uncommon in the female genital tract. We here report a case of alveolar soft part sarcoma in a 20-year-old nullipara, presenting with vaginal bleeding and profound anemia requiring blood transfusions. Ultrasonographic examination revealed a polyp in the lower uterine segment. Surgical resection of the polyp was performed, and pathological evaluation showed typical histological, immunohistochemical, and molecular features consistent with alveolar soft part sarcoma. Patient underwent for total hysterectomy. Currently, she follows up with her surgeon and has no new complains. Given the infrequency of alveolar soft part sarcoma, this case report raises the awareness of alveolar soft part sarcoma as one of the entities to consider when confronted with a uterine polyp in a young patient.
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spelling pubmed-70574132020-03-16 Alveolar soft part sarcoma presenting as a uterine polyp: A case report Gomez, Mariangela Whiting, Kerry Naous, Rana SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report Alveolar soft part sarcoma is a rare malignant soft tissue tumor, mainly localized in the extremities and occurring principally in adolescents and young adults. Alveolar soft part sarcoma are uncommon in the female genital tract. We here report a case of alveolar soft part sarcoma in a 20-year-old nullipara, presenting with vaginal bleeding and profound anemia requiring blood transfusions. Ultrasonographic examination revealed a polyp in the lower uterine segment. Surgical resection of the polyp was performed, and pathological evaluation showed typical histological, immunohistochemical, and molecular features consistent with alveolar soft part sarcoma. Patient underwent for total hysterectomy. Currently, she follows up with her surgeon and has no new complains. Given the infrequency of alveolar soft part sarcoma, this case report raises the awareness of alveolar soft part sarcoma as one of the entities to consider when confronted with a uterine polyp in a young patient. SAGE Publications 2020-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7057413/ /pubmed/32180983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20910598 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Alveolar soft part sarcoma presenting as a uterine polyp: A case report
title Alveolar soft part sarcoma presenting as a uterine polyp: A case report
title_full Alveolar soft part sarcoma presenting as a uterine polyp: A case report
title_fullStr Alveolar soft part sarcoma presenting as a uterine polyp: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Alveolar soft part sarcoma presenting as a uterine polyp: A case report
title_short Alveolar soft part sarcoma presenting as a uterine polyp: A case report
title_sort alveolar soft part sarcoma presenting as a uterine polyp: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7057413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32180983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20910598
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