Pulmonary metastases of alveolar soft-part sarcoma: CT findings in three patients

Korean J Radiol. 2000 Jan-Mar;1(1):56-9. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2000.1.1.56.

Abstract

Alveolar soft-part sarcoma is a rare soft tissue sarcoma of young adults with unknown histogenesis, and the organ most frequently involved in metastasis is the lung. We report the CT findings of three patients of pulmonary metastases of alveolar soft-part sarcoma, which manifested as clearly enhanced pulmonary nodules or masses. On enhanced scans, some of the masses were seen to contain dilated and tortuous intratumoral vessels.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part / blood supply
  • Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part / diagnostic imaging*
  • Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part / secondary*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*