Abstract
Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare tumour. Certain distinctive clinical and radiological features suggest the correct diagnosis. There is moderate predilection for young women. ASPS almost always arises in skeletal muscle and occurs most frequently in the lower limbs. There is often a long clinical history and a large mass at presentation. Two young females with ASPS presented with very vascular tumours in the thigh, with prominent intra- and extra-tumoural blood vessels. The imaging findings and the existing literature are reviewed.
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Received: 10 February 1999 Accepted: 24 April 2000
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Pang, L., Roebuck, D., Griffith, J. et al. Alveolar soft-part sarcoma: a rare soft-tissue malignancy with distinctive clinical and radiological features. Pediatric Radiology 31, 196–199 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470000388
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470000388