Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) commonly involves extremities and head and neck regions. Primary intracranial ASPS is rare. We report a series of 3 primary intracranial ASPS. These were not suspected clinically and histopathology with immunohistochemistry proved to be diagnostic in all 3 tumors.
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