TITLE:
Primary Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma of the Scapula
AUTHORS:
Ghada Sahraoui, Nadia Boujelbene, Raoudha Doghri, Karima Mrad
KEYWORDS:
Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma, Histopathological, Scapula
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Orthopedics,
Vol.7 No.1,
January
22,
2017
ABSTRACT: Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) is an uncommon, aggressive soft-tissue neoplasm, occurring in less than 1% of sarcomas. It is typically found in the head and neck tissues in children or in the deep soft tissues of the lower extremities in young adults. This tumor arises primarily within the skeletal muscles or musculofascial planes. Primary involvement of bone is extremely rare. ASPS has poor prognosis with a propensity for recurrence as well as distant metastasis. In this report, we present a 25-year-old male with primary ASPS in the left scapular bone and discuss the histopathological and immunohistochemical features of this sarcoma.