AI Article Synopsis
- Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare soft tissue cancer mainly affecting young people and has a generally poor prognosis due to likely metastases.
- *Despite being slow-growing, ASPS often spreads to organs like the lung, brain, and bone, with gastrointestinal metastasis being very uncommon.
- *This report highlights a unique case where ASPS caused serious complications like upper gastrointestinal bleeding and jejunal intussusception due to rare metastatic spread to the digestive tract.
Article Abstract
Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare subtype of soft tissue sarcoma that occurs predominantly in young patients. Despite its relatively indolent course, it generally has a poor prognosis with widespread metastases. The common metastatic sites from an ASPS include the lung, brain and bone. However, metastasis of an ASPS to the gastrointestinal tract is extremely rare. Here, we report a rare case of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and jejunal intussusception due to gastrointestinal metastases from an ASPS.
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