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Alveolar soft-part sarcoma of the cheek
J B Charrier1, O Esnault, M D Brette
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Lariboisière Saint-Louis, University of Paris VII Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France. jbcharr@infobiogen.fr
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|October 17, 2001
Abstract:
Alveolar soft-part sarcoma is a rare malignant tumour of uncertain histogenesis, the two main sites of which are the lower extremities in adults and the head and neck in children. We know of only three case reports of intraoral locations without tongue involvement. Here, we describe the first case of an alveolar soft-part sarcoma of the cheek which presented in a patient over 30 years old and had an extremely rapid and eventually fatal evolution. We have also reviewed hypotheses about its aetiology.