%0 Journal Article
%T Alveolar Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
%A A. M. Abdoulwahab
%A M. Koini
%A B. S. Souna
%A A. S. Zirbine
%A S. K. Akambi
%A Z. Konguise
%J Open Journal of Orthopedics
%P 408-413
%@ 2164-3016
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojo.2017.712043
%X Soft alveolar sarcoma is a rare tumor (0.5% to 1% of soft-tissue sarcomas) of poor prognosis that often affects the young subject, with a moderate male predominance. The authors present the diagnostic and therapeutic course of a 60-year-old patient from Niger with no particular previous history, consulted for a painless swelling of the right arm evolving for 6 months, in which the diagnosis of alveolar sarcoma of the soft parts of the arm was selected. A monobloc surgical excision decision was made, with the anatomy and function of the limb retained, with the filling of the area resected with cement and fixed by a locked nail. A conventional three-course chemotherapy regimen was instituted. Alveolar sarcoma of the soft tissues is a rare tumor whose imagery remains unclear, but the diagnosis is based on surgical excision with histopathological examination and immunohistochemical analysis.
%K Alveolar Sarcoma
%K Soft Tissues
%K Arms
%K Support
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=80857