Author(s)

A. M. Abdoulwahab^1*, M. Koini², B. S. Souna³, A. S. Zirbine³, S. K. Akambi⁴, Z. Konguise³

¹Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Niamey/Niger National Hospital, Niamey, Niger.
²Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Maradi/Niger Regional Hospital, Maradi, Niger.
³Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Lamordé National Hospital (CHU), Niamey, Niger.
⁴Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Zinder/Niger National Hospital, Zinder, Niger.

Soft alveolar sarcoma is a rare tumor (0.5% to 1% of soft-tissue sarcomas) of poor prognosis that often affects the young subject, with a moderate male predominance. The authors present the diagnostic and therapeutic course of a 60-year-old patient from Niger with no particular previous history, consulted for a painless swelling of the right arm evolving for 6 months, in which the diagnosis of alveolar sarcoma of the soft parts of the arm was selected. A monobloc surgical excision decision was made, with the anatomy and function of the limb retained, with the filling of the area resected with cement and fixed by a locked nail. A conventional three-course chemotherapy regimen was instituted. Alveolar sarcoma of the soft tissues is a rare tumor whose imagery remains unclear, but the diagnosis is based on surgical excision with histopathological examination and immunohistochemical analysis.

Alveolar Sarcoma, Soft Tissues, Arms, Support

Abdoulwahab, A. , Koini, M. , Souna, B. , Zirbine, A. , Akambi, S. and Konguise, Z. (2017) Alveolar Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 7, 408-413. doi: 10.4236/ojo.2017.712043.