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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Year : 2018  |  Volume : 66  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 351

Reply to comment on: Orbital dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with frontal and ethmoid sinus involvement: A case report and brief review of literature


Department of Radiation Oncology, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

Date of Web Publication30-Jan-2018

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Dr. Deepti Sharma
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1016_17

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Sharma D, Singh G, Kakkar N, Jha V. Reply to comment on: Orbital dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with frontal and ethmoid sinus involvement: A case report and brief review of literature. Indian J Ophthalmol 2018;66:351

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Sharma D, Singh G, Kakkar N, Jha V. Reply to comment on: Orbital dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with frontal and ethmoid sinus involvement: A case report and brief review of literature. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2018 [cited 2024 Mar 29];66:351. Available from: https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/text.asp?2018/66/2/351/224061



Sir,

We thank for your interest in the case report on “Orbital dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) with frontal and ethmoid sinus involvement in an Indian patient.”[1],[2] It is obvious that due to low immunity, patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are more vulnerable to various types of tumors in comparison to the immunocompetent individuals. Among these tumors, DFSP has been reported in HIV-positive patients.[3]

As per hospital policy, all patients are investigated for HIV by ELISA method and further investigations such as CD4 count and viral overload are investigated only in case when ELISA is reactive. In the present case also, ELISA was non reactive and therefore further investigations were not done.

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Al-Mendalawi MD. Comment on: Orbital dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with frontal and ethmoid sinus involvement: A case report and brief review of literature. Indian J Ophthalmol 2018;66:350.  Back to cited text no. 1
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Sharma D, Singh G, Kakkar N, Jha V. Orbital dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with frontal and ethmoid sinus involvement: A case report and brief review of literature. Indian J Ophthalmol 2017;65:892-4.  Back to cited text no. 2
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Sapadin AN, Gelfand JM, Howe KL, Phelps RG, Grand D, Rudikoff D, et al. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Cutis 2000;65:85-8.  Back to cited text no. 3
    




 

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