Persistent alveolar soft-part sarcoma with liver metastasis: a case report
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Persistent alveolar soft-part sarcoma with liver metastasis: a case report
INTRODUCTION Alveolar soft-part sarcomas are rare, slow-growing tumors that metastasize commonly via vascular routes to the lungs, bones, lymph nodes and brain, causing morbidity and mortality. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case describing metastasis to the liver reported from Nigeria. CASE PRESENTATION A 57-year-old man of the Urhobo ethnic group of Nigeria presented with a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-233