Pulmonary Metastases of Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma: CT Findings in Three Patients

  • Joon-Il Choi (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, The Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC, and the Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Seoul) ;
  • Jin Mo Goo (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, The Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC, and the Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Seoul) ;
  • Joon Beom Seo (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, The Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC, and the Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Seoul) ;
  • Hyae Young Kim (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, The Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC, and the Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Seoul) ;
  • Choong Ki Park (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hanyang University Kuri Hospital) ;
  • Jung-Gi Im (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, The Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC, and the Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Seoul)
  • 투고 : 2000.01.14
  • 심사 : 2000.02.09
  • 발행 : 2000.03.31

초록

Alveolar soft-part sarcoma is a rare soft tissue sarcoma of young adults with unknown histogenesis, and the organ most frequently involved in metastasis is the lung. We report the CT findings of three patients of pulmonary metastases of alveolar soft-part sarcoma, which manifested as clearly enhanced pulmonary nodules or masses. On enhanced scans, some of the masses were seen to contain dilated and tortuous intratumoral vessels.

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