Primary alveolar soft part sarcoma of the lung

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Primary alveolar soft part sarcoma of the lung.” (J Korean Med Sci. 2007 Apr;22(2):369-72). Authors are Kim YD, Lee CH, Lee MK, et al., from the Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare epithelial-like soft tissue sarcoma. The two main sites of its occurrence are the lower extremities in adults and the head and neck in children. Primary pulmonary involvement of this sarcoma, without evidence of soft tissue tumor elsewhere, is very exceptional. The authors present a case of primary ASPS of the lung in a 42-yr-old woman. A computed tomographic scan of the thorax demonstrated a well-circumscribed, solid tumor located in the right upper lobe. The mass was resected by right upper lobectomy. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.