Chennai: A two year old Assamese girl who was diagnosed with a rare form of hard palate cancer got a new lease of life after a surgery at a Chennai hospital to remove the tumour.
The two-year-old from Assam was detected with a lesion in her mouth in April 2020.
The histopathology report was suggestive of a rare type of cancer – Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. Further tests also revealed that though she was asymptomatic, her lungs and liver were involved which put her in ‘high risk category’ and increased chances of relapse.
She was treated initially for six weeks with intravenous (injectable) chemotherapy and oral steroids. Reassessment of her lesions revealed a good response to treatment. Then further six weeks of therapy was administered according to the protocol. Currently, she is in the recovering phase at Gleneagles Global Health City. Her lungs and liver are also stable.
Dr S Rajasundaram, director of Oncology, said, ‘Treating such a young child is extremely challenging and requires clinical expertise.
Along with the treatment of the two-year-old, we have also treated a 19-year-old who was diagnosed with Sarcoma, an 82-year-old woman who underwent a surgery for breast cancer and a 76-year-old man who had oral cancer and underwent a resection procedure with grafting’.