A. Randhawa, Manas Dubey, P. Roy, M. Hazarika, Duncan Khanikar
{"title":"Clinico-epidemiological Profile and Outcome of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors: A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Cancer Centre of North-East India","authors":"A. Randhawa, Manas Dubey, P. Roy, M. Hazarika, Duncan Khanikar","doi":"10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.4.729-734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.4.729-734","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Testicular Germ Cell Tumor (GCT) is a disease of young adults and is also highly curable. But in India, most of the patients present in an advanced stage and succumb to the disease as compared to the Western nations where patients present at an earlier stage and are mostly cured. Also, there is a scarcity of literature on testicular GCT from the Indian subcontinent. We present our experience from the Tata Memorial Centre of North-east India. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at Tata Memorial Centre - BBCI, Guwahati for the period of 5 years from January 2018 to December 2022. The study focused on epidemiology, clinical presentation, and treatment outcomes. Results: Seventy-two cases of testicular GCTs were studied (28 cases were seminoma, and 44 were non-seminoma). Most common presenting stage was stage I in seminoma (53.6%), and stage III (77.2%) in non-seminoma. As per the International Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group (IGCCCG) classification, 25%, 35%, and 40% of patients were good-risk, intermediate-risk, and poor-risk in non-seminoma. In patients with seminoma, 54% and 46% were in good and intermediate-risk, respectively. Seventy-two percent and 21% had achieved a radiologic complete response (CR) and partial response (PR) with conventional chemotherapy in patients with seminoma. Radiologic CR and PR rates were 20% and 61% among non-seminoma patients. The median recurrence-free survival (RFS) was 43 months. RFS was better in seminoma versus non-seminoma, stage I versus stage III, and good-risk versus high-risk group. Conclusion: Most of our patients presented with an advanced stage of the disease and a high nodal burden. In patients with non-seminoma GCT, the best response to conventional chemotherapy was a partial response. The use of an alternative chemotherapy regimen to improve outcomes for such patients can be further explored.","PeriodicalId":436394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"41 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139011967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epitheloid Haemangioma of Spine - A Rare Case Report and Review of Literature","authors":"Gautam Vedagiri Vydia, Ramaniah, Sadanand, Mukesh","doi":"10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.4.823-826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.4.823-826","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Epitheloid hemangioma (EH) of spine is a rare vascular disease. Haemangiomas are tumours typically composed of thin walled blood vessels, of which EH is an infrequent variation. The exact incidence of EH is not known. EH, though is considered to be benign disease it can be locally aggressive. EH most commonly affects the integumentary system. IT most commonly involves liver, lungs and bones. Here we report a 25 years old male with complete work up for EH including clinical data, MRI spine, surgical, histopathological information and adjuvant radiation therapy following surgical management. In addition to the case report, we reviewed literature on EH of bones. Case Report: A 25 years old male came to our emergency department with complaints of severe lower back pain. He also complained of difficulty in walking for the past 3 months. MRI Lumbosacral (LS) with whole spine screening was done 1 month back and it showed Multifocal vertebral lesions involving D4, D5, D6 vertebra predominantly in posterior elements, expansion of the transverse processes and involvement of costochondral junction, left 5th rib with extensive soft tissue component indenting on the pleura. He was seen by Neurosurgery team at our hospital and was planned for surgical decompression and stabilisation of D4-D6 vertebrae. He underwent D3 to D6 laminectomy and stabilization under general anaesthesia. Final histopathology along with IHC correlation was suggestive of Epitheloid Hemangioma. Case was discussed in our hospital multidisciplinary tumor board and was planned for adjuvant radiotherapy (RT). Then he received adjuvant radiotherapy total dose (TD) 45 Gray (Gy) to D3-D6 region. Post treatment 6 months, his power is improved and is near normal. Conclusion: To summarize our case appears as a typical features of EH like young male patient, lytic lesions with sclerotic rim, IHC confirmation","PeriodicalId":436394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"113 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139012270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinicopathological Spectrum of Thyroid Swelling: A Single Institutional Prospective Study from Northeast India","authors":"Michimi Daimary, R. Choubey, J. Nath","doi":"10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.337-341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.337-341","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The pathologic lesions of the thyroid gland are manifested by varied morphologies. The current study aims to report the clinicopathologic features of patients with thyroid swelling from a tertiary centre of North-East India with particular emphasis on histopathological examination (HPE).Method: It is a prospective hospital-based study. Fifty-three resected specimens of thyroid surgery were included in the study. All the specimens were undertaken for HPE, and the malignant cases were subjected to immunohistochemistry (IHC). Results: Female preponderance (84.9%) of the disease was found with a maximum incidence between the age group younger than 40 (60.37%). 86.8% of cases were benign on HPE; colloid goitre reported a maximum number (62.3%). Only seven cases were found malignant, and six out of them were papillary carcinoma. All the six papillary carcinomas and one follicular carcinoma showed immunoreactivity of tumour cells to TTF 1, CK 7 and Thyroglobulin.Conclusion: Asymptomatic thyroid swelling is a prevalent entity, and the incidence of malignancy in the current study is 13.2%. Identifying malignant thyroid swelling out of the common benign or apparently benign goitres has always been problematic, and preoperative fine-needle aspiration cytology followed by HPE and IHC plays a significant role.","PeriodicalId":436394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127103034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Moumita Paul, Smriti Goswami, Goutham Raj C, G. Bora
{"title":"Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Primary Brain Tumours in North-Eastern Region of India:A Retrospective Single Institution Study","authors":"Moumita Paul, Smriti Goswami, Goutham Raj C, G. Bora","doi":"10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.333-336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.333-336","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Brain tumours are mixed group of neoplasms originating from the intracranial tissues. The two basic types of brain tumours are primary and metastatic tumours. Very little is known about the epidemiology of primary brain tumours in the North-Eastern region of India. We carried out a 5-year retrospective study on the epidemiology of the primary brain tumour treated in our hospital.Aim: To study the clinico-epidemiological patterns of brain tumour in a tertiary care center in North-Eastern region of India. Materials and Methods: A retrospective epidemiological approach has been used. The records of patients registered in our hospital from 2017-2022 diagnosed as primary brain tumours have been selected. Data regarding age,sex,site of the tumour, histology, geographical distribution and treatment delivered have been collected. Results: Out of a total of 100 patients studied, males (68%) outnumbered females (32%) with a male:female ratio of 2.1:1. Frequency of brain tumours was found to be higher in the age group 31-40 years i.e. 23% compared to age groups 21-30 years and 41-50 years which were 18% and 15% respectively. Mean age was 38.23 years with ages ranging from 4 to 73 years. The most common presenting symptom was headache (53%), followed by vomiting (28%).The most common anatomical site was found to be cerebrum (81%), followed by ventricular and periventricular regions (6%). Supratentorial tumours (91%) were predominant over infratentorial tumours (9%). Histologically, the most common variety was found to be Glioblastoma Multiforme(30%) followed by Grade II Astrocytoma (15%) and GradeIII Astrocytoma (15%). Patients were mostly seen to be belonging to Lower Assam region (46%) . Among all the patients in the study, surgery was done for 90% of patients while 10% did not undergo surgery. 61% of the patients took radiotherapy and chemotherapy, 22% took radiotherapy alone, 7% defaulted treatment(drop outs) and 10% didn’t turn up for treatment. All patients received a radiation dose of 54-60 Gy. A total of 41 patients took adjuvant chemotherapy with Temozolomide. Conclusion: Glioblastoma Multiforme and Astrocytoma are the most common brain tumours in our study. Multimodality management including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy is the cornerstone in the management of brain tumours.","PeriodicalId":436394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130110770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ordinario, May N. Sabando, Anna Marie Pascual Panganiban
{"title":"Beyond Limits: A Case of Progressive Leiomyosarcoma of the Mandible","authors":"M. Ordinario, May N. Sabando, Anna Marie Pascual Panganiban","doi":"10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.445-450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.445-450","url":null,"abstract":"Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare malignancy which develops from the smooth muscles. It constitutes about 3 to 10% of all sarcomas in the head and neck area. Furthermore, it is extremely rare in the area of the mouth and jaws due to the rarity of smooth muscle in these areas. Spindle cells with visible smooth muscle differentiation, distinct features of atypia and presence of actin and desmin in Immunohistochemical (IHC) stains are characteristic of LMS. The common pattern of spread is similar with other sarcomas, involving the lung and rarely the lymphatics. Surgery, Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy have been described as standard forms of management. The prognosis is usually poor as rate of local, regional and distant metastasis is high. In this paper, we present a case of a 23 year-old female who presented with Leiomyosarcoma of the mandible. She remained to have good performance status and was able to undergo multiple lines of treatment for progressive disease prior to her demise.","PeriodicalId":436394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"278 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114242040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abhishek Sharma, Niketa Thakur, A. Thakur, Neha Bhardwaj
{"title":"Role of Interventional Techniques in the Management of Cancer Pain","authors":"Abhishek Sharma, Niketa Thakur, A. Thakur, Neha Bhardwaj","doi":"10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.391-399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.391-399","url":null,"abstract":"Pain is the major cause of morbidity in cancer patients. Interventional techniques should be considered for the management of pain that is refractory to traditional analgesics or when patients are unable to tolerate opioids. Interventional techniques are intended to stop pain signals through neural pathways from the periphery to the brain. This article deals with major interventional pain management techniques such as central neuraxial block, sympathetic block, peripheral nerve block, percutaneous cordotomy, percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, radiofrequency ablation, and cryoablation. Besides this, the role of radiotherapy and radionuclides in cancer pain have also been discussed. Central neuraxial block can effectively reduce pain while preventing opioid toxicity. It involves a percutaneous epidural or intrathecal catheter, an external syringe pump, or a fully implanted intrathecal drug delivery system to give medication. Sympathetic blocks such as celiac plexus and superior hypogastric block have role in patients with visceral abdominal pain. Peripheral nerve blocks may be employed when the distribution of somatic pain is restricted to a single nerve or plexus. Percutaneous cordotomy could be useful for any unilateral cancer pain below C4 dermatome. Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) treatment is used to alleviate axial back pain due to osteoporotic wedge fracture or malignant vertebral body disease. RFA and cryoablation techniques are now widely used for back pain due to osteoporotic and malignant vertebral collapse that are resistant to conservative treatment. External beam radiotherapy and radionuclides are useful in relieving cancer pain due to bone metastasis. This article aims at summarizing the indications, mechanisms, drug agents, contraindications, and complications of interventional pain management techniques that may offer benefits to patients coping with cancer and its terrible symptoms. Even though there is some risk involved with the techniques discussed in this article, the advantages of reduced pain and enhanced quality of life usually outweigh the risk.","PeriodicalId":436394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123559565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Trivedi, Sankalp Singh, Nishant Lohia, H. S., Rekha Som Vashisth, N. Bisht, S. Viswanath, Manoj Prashar, G. Tripathi
{"title":"Radiotherapy for Geriatric Cancer Patients: Five-year Experience at a North Indian Tertiary Care Hospital","authors":"G. Trivedi, Sankalp Singh, Nishant Lohia, H. S., Rekha Som Vashisth, N. Bisht, S. Viswanath, Manoj Prashar, G. Tripathi","doi":"10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.319-325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.319-325","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The incidence of malignancy in elderly population in India has risen due to increased life expectancy, health awareness, and access to tertiary health care. Radiotherapy is the primary treatment modality in elderly cancer patients due to morbidity of surgery. We reviewed and analyzed clinical, disease and treatment profiles of geriatric population treated with conventional radiotherapy at our institute. Methodology: The clinical records of patients aged 70 years or more, treated from January 2015 to December 2019 were analyzed for patient characteristics (age, sex & co-morbidities), disease characteristics (site, histology & stage) and treatment characteristics (modality & intent of treatment, radiation dose). Results: A total of 289 patients aged 70 years and above were treated during the study period. 69% were treated with curative intent, of which, 72.4% received definitive, 24.6% received adjuvant, and 3% received neoadjuvant radiotherapy. 31% were given palliative radiotherapy. The median age was 74.6 years with male: female ratio of 4.25:1. 21.4% of the study patients had co-morbidities. 14% patients were of early stage, 57% locally advanced and 29% had metastatic disease. 51% of the study population received concurrent chemotherapy along with Radiotherapy. 87.1% of those treated with curative intent & 93.3% of patients treated with palliative intent, completed the planned radiotherapy regimen. Out of total 200 patients treated at our institute with Radiotherapy, 187 were prescribed concurrent chemotherapy, while it was exhibited to only 103 patients due to various factors like old age, poor performance status and co-morbidities. Conclusion: Our study showed a high degree of compliance amongst geriatric patients receiving radiotherapy treatment. Toxicity rates in geriatric population were not significantly higher than the overall population treated at our centre. Various factors like disease biology and stage and patient’s performance status, co-morbidities and life expectancy affect the decision making in deciding radiotherapy intent and schedules in cancer patients of geriatric age group. Combined decision making between patients, caregivers and oncologists is crucial in geriatric age group keeping in mind above mentioned factors.","PeriodicalId":436394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128071207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Port-site Metastasis from Gall Bladder Adenocarcinoma with Squamous Differentiation Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Rare Case Report","authors":"K. Akhtar, A. Shams, Sadaf Abbas, S. Rehman","doi":"10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.441-443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.441-443","url":null,"abstract":"Port site cutaneous metastasis of gallbladder cancer is an exceedingly infrequent phenomenon with very few cases reported in the past. Herein, we report a case of port site cutaneous metastases of gallbladder adenocarcinoma in a 57 years old female. Physical examination revealed a non healing ulcer in the epigastric region. FNA was suggestive of poorly differentiated carcinoma. Biopsy demonstrated atypical cells. Immunohistochemical analysis showed diffuse cytoplasmic staining with CK 7 and p63 showed focal nuclear positivity in tumour cells. This confirmed the diagnosis of metastastatic gall bladder adenocarcinoma with squamous differentiation. Diagnosis in such a case can be very challenging as the differential of primary cutaneous malignancies should also be kept in mind.","PeriodicalId":436394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128109916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mongal Sonar, M. Bhattacharyya, M. Singh, Yanpothung Yanthan, Moniprom Neog, Ankita Das, Abhinandan Das, T. Das, Prashasti Sharma
{"title":"A Comparison of the Subjective Responses to Two Hypofractionated Palliative Radiotherapy Regimens in Patients with Locally Advanced Inoperable Head and Neck Cancer","authors":"Mongal Sonar, M. Bhattacharyya, M. Singh, Yanpothung Yanthan, Moniprom Neog, Ankita Das, Abhinandan Das, T. Das, Prashasti Sharma","doi":"10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.327-332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.327-332","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Patients with advanced head and neck cancers typically succumb to uncontrolled local disease. Even with aggressive therapy, median survival is about 12 months, and the five-year overall survival <20%. Radiation treatment used in palliative setting is an option for some patients who are not eligible for curative therapy. Palliative treatment aims to reduce cancer-related symptoms while causing the fewest side effects and toxicities as possible. Materials and Methods: After approval from the institutional ethical committee, a prospective randomised study was conducted on squamous cell carcinomas of locally advanced head and neck cancer patients treated with palliative radiotherapy. A total of 62 patients were chosen and randomly assigned (1:1) to one of two treatment groups. Patients in Arm-A received 40 Gy in 16 fractions of radiation therapy, while those in Arm-B received 30 Gy in 10 fractions. The primary goal was to evaluate the subjective responses in both arms, including pain, dysphagia, and bleeding. Results: Mean pain score after completion of radiotherapy was 4.69 and 3.65 in Arm-A and Arm-B respectively, with significant p-value of <0.001. The mean pain score 3 months after completion of treatment was 2.39 and 3.61 in Arm-A and Arm-B respectively, with significant p-value of <0.001. Comparing both the arms dysphagia relief at completion of treatment was higher in Arm-B compared to Arm- A with mean scores of 1.95 and 2.03 which was not significant. After 3 months, it was higher in Arm-A compared to Arm-B, which was also insignificant, while Arm A patients received significant relieve from dysphagia at completion of treatment and during follow-ups. Bleeding was not a significant factor in both the arms. Conclusion: Our study found for immediate pain relief, 30Gy/10 fractions was better, but for long-term relief, 40Gy/16 fractions was better. Alleviation of swallowing difficulties was seen in both regimens.","PeriodicalId":436394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127284600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor (Dnet) in a Young Female: A Rare Case Presentation","authors":"Sarah Irfan, Mazhar Fahim, S. Rahman, K. Akhtar","doi":"10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.403-406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcc.2023.8.2.403-406","url":null,"abstract":"Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET) is a recently described, morphologically unique, and surgically curable low grade brain tumor which is included in the WHO CNS classification as neuronal and mixed neuronal glial tumor. It is usually seen in children and young adults. This entity first described by Damas-Duport in 1998 is usually non-recurring with an excellent prognosis. We present a case of 30 year old female experiencing seizures with well defined space occupying lesion in the frontal region of brain. Contrast enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging was done which revealed well defined multilobulated solid cystic mass lesion in cortical/ subcortical region of left frontal lobe. Histological features suggested dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor which was subsequently confirmed on immunohistochemistry by GFAP and S-100 positivity. The principal differential diagnosis is oligodendrogliomas and gangliogliomas. Patient did not receive any adjuvant therapy post operatively and showed no signs of residual disease or recurrence on magnetic resonance imaging during follow up. Patient is on phenytoin for prophylaxis of seizures.","PeriodicalId":436394,"journal":{"name":"Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129993573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}