Metastatic Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma of the Intracranial Skull Base: Case Report

David B. Cohen; David M. Jones; Allan H. Fergus; Jiang Qian; Marc S. Schwartz

doi:10.1055/s-2002-21571

Skull Base, Table of Contents

Skull Base 2002; 12(1): 033-038
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-21571

CASE REPORT

Metastatic Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma of the Intracranial Skull Base: Case Report

David B. Cohen¹ , David M. Jones² , Allan H. Fergus³ , Jiang Qian² , Marc S. Schwartz³

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Allegheny University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
²Department of Pathology
³Division of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York

Abstract

ABSTRACT

A patient with an intracranial skull base alveolar soft-part sarcoma, thought on preoperative imaging to be a meningioma, is presented. The mass was removed and identified by pathological evaluation to be an alveolar soft-part sarcoma. Postoperative investigation revealed widespread systemic disease. The histologic and clinical characteristics of this unusual tumor and the implications for prognosis and treatment are discussed.

KEYWORD

Brain metastases - sarcoma - skull base tumor

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