2. Academic Validation
  3. Alveolar soft-part sarcoma: a review and update

Alveolar soft-part sarcoma: a review and update

  • J Clin Pathol. 2006 Nov;59(11):1127-32. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2005.031120.
A L Folpe 1,  A T Deyrup
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, USA. [email protected]
PMID: 17071801 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.031120
Abstract

Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare, distinctive sarcoma, typically occurring in young patients. Although it displays a relatively indolent clinical course, the ultimate prognosis is poor and is often characterised by late metastases. Recently, our understanding of the genetic events underlying the pathogenesis of ASPS has greatly increased. The historical, histopathological, ultrastructural, immunohistochemical and genetic aspects of ASPS are reviewed in this article.

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