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. 2002 Feb;12(1):33–38. doi: 10.1055/s-2002-21571

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
PMCID: PMC1654768  PMID: 17167641

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.

Keywords: Brain metastases, sarcoma, skull base tumor

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