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Alveolar soft part sarcoma of the tongue
F Cetik1, C Ozsahinoglu, F Kivanc
1Department of Otolaryngology, Cukorova University, Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
In this report a 13-year-old girl with characteristic clinical and pathological features of alveolar soft part sarcoma of the tongue is presented. Alveolar soft part sarcoma is a rare malignant tumor of unknown origin. Forty eight cases of alveolar soft part sarcoma have so far been reported in the head and neck region. Median survival reported for all sites of the body is 79 months following various modes of therapy. In this case, the treatment was surgical excision of the mass combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The patient has been asymptomatic for the past 12 months.