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Case Reports
. 1991;418(5):467-71.
doi: 10.1007/BF01605935.

Alveolar soft-part sarcoma of the uterine corpus: histological, immunocytochemical and ultrastructural study of a case

L Guillou  1 , E Lamoureux, S Masse, J Costa
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Case Reports

Alveolar soft-part sarcoma of the uterine corpus: histological, immunocytochemical and ultrastructural study of a case

L Guillou et al. Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol. 1991.

Abstract

A case of alveolar soft-part sarcoma located in the uterine corpus is reported. It was an incidental finding in the hysterectomy specimen of a 40-year-old woman. Light and electron microscopic examination revealed periodic-acid-Schiff-positive, diastase-resistant, membrane-bound cytoplasmic granules and crystalloids. Tumour cells expressed immunoreactivity with vimentin, desmin, cytokeratins, NK1/C3 and HMB-45 antibodies. Four years postoperatively, the patient is still alive without evidence of disease. Differential diagnoses, immunocytochemistry and clinical management of uterine alveolar soft-part sarcoma are discussed and the literature reviewed.

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