Lymph node evaluation and nodal metastasis prediction in epithelial ovarian cancers: A retrospective study.

Objective: To identify consensus regarding lymph node (LN) evaluation in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). The objective of the present study was to evaluate surgico-pathological findings, LN involvement, and the prediction of LN metastasis via preoperative imaging and intraoperative assessment in women with EOC. Materials and Methods: Women with EOC who underwent cytoreductive surgery (CRS) between Jan 2019 to June 2022 were included. The distribution of histology, stage, and LN metastasis was studied. The predictive value of serum cancer antigen (CA)-125, instead of and radiologically and surgically enlarged LNs with final LN histopathology was studied. Results: A total of 96 women with EOCs underwent CRS. Fifty women (52%) underwent primary CRS and 46 women (48%) underwent interval CRS. Seventy-five women (78.13%) with EOC underwent pelvic and/or para-aortic lymphadenectomy, out of which 23 (30.67%) were histologically positive. High-grade serous carcinoma was the commonest (n=55, 73.33%) histology. The majority of women, 56 (74.67%) were stage III or IV at presentation. Complete cytoreduction was achieved in 59 (78.66%) patients. The receiver operating characteristics curve showed a cutoff for CA-125 of 1360 U/mL (area under the curve 0.702, p=0.002) for LN metastases. Both radiologically and surgically enlarged LNs significantly predicted LN metastasis on histopathology (p=0.02 and 0.006 respectively). The combined sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of both contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) and surgically enlarged LNs were 78.26%, 57.69%, 45%, and 85.71%, respectively. Conclusion: Serous histology, high-grade tumors, highCA-125 levels, and suspicious LNs on CECT or during surgery were significantly associated with LN metastasis. However, considering the false-negative rate of 21.74%, the combination of radiologically and surgically enlarged LNs cannot be used as the sole surrogate marker for lymphadenectomy.

Bleomycin-Induced Flagellate Dermatitis: Revisited.

Flagellate dermatitis caused by bleomycin is a rare side effect with a distinctive pattern of whip-like, linear streaks. The clinical presentation has become uncommon nowadays as bleomycin use in conventional chemotherapy regimens has decreased. We present a case of a 30-year-old female diagnosed with ovarian germ cell tumour, managed with bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP) and later developed a widespread rash indicative of classic flagellate dermatitis. This brief report emphasizes the significance of detection and management of this transient dermatological complication in patients receiving bleomycin.

Maternal and Perinatal Outcome in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Delhi.

BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as a carbohydrate intolerance first diagnosed in pregnancy and may be associated with adverse maternal and perinatal outcome. AIM: The aim of the study was to determine the maternal and perinatal outcome in GDM during pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: It is a retrospective analysis of women diagnosed with GDM who got antenatal care and delivered in our hospital in previous 5 years. Another 191 women with normal pregnancy without GDM and other medical conditions were taken as control. The baseline characteristics (age, body mass index, religion, and socioeconomic status) were noted in all cases. Diagnosis of GDM was made using oral glucose tolerance test with 75 g glucose. GDM patients were started on diet following which insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents were given if required. Maternal and perinatal outcome was noted in all women. RESULTS: The prevalence of GDM was 5.72% (170/2970). Most patients (79.41%) could be controlled on diet alone. However, 21 (12.35%) needed insulin and 14 (8.23%) needed oral hypoglycemic agents. Middle socioeconomic status was more common in GDM than control and pregnancy-induced hypertension was more common in GDM (13.5%) than in control (6.3%) (P = 0.019). Mode of delivery was not different in two groups. Instrumental deliveries and postpartum hemorrhage were also similar. However, mean birth weight was significantly higher in GDM (2848 ± 539 g) than in control (2707 ± 641 g) (P = 0.004). Incidence of large-for-date babies was also higher (28.2%) in GDM than control (19.4%) (P = 0.005). In neonatal complication, hypoglycemia was significantly higher in GDM (20.6%) than in control (5.2%) (P = 0.001). However, the incidence of hyperbilirubinemia and congenital malformations was not significantly different in two groups. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of GDM was 5.72% in this study. Adequate treatment of GDM on diet, oral hypoglycemic agents, or insulin to achieve euglycemia can achieve near-normal maternal and neonatal outcome.