Dr. Garima Durga

Professional Journey

Achievements/Awards

• Honored with Dr. HD Tandon award for presenting a poster titled- ASSESSMENT OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE STAINS IN EVALUATION OF HEPATIC FIBROSIS at XXVI Annual Conference of IAPM, Delhi chapter, April 2011, Safdurjung Hospital, New Delhi.
• Honored with the best paper award for presenting a poster titled-  EVALUATION OF ANGIOGENESIS AND VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR EXPRESSION IN BONE MARROW OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA – A SERIES OF 16 CASES at XIX Annual Conference of DSH, Sep 2008, LHMC, New Delhi.

Publication

• Chadha P, Durga G, Sharma A, Pasricha S, Premsagar IC, Mehta A. Solitary fibrous tumor of the brain: A report of 3 cases. Oncol Lett. 2024;28(4):488.
• Suryavanshi M, Durga G. Pathology and Staging in carcinoma Prostate. In A Guide to Management of Urological Cancers 2023 Oct 10 (pp. 209-227). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
• Pasricha S, Durga G, Sharma A, et al. Extranodal follicular dendritic cell sarcoma presenting as colonic mass: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. J Cancer Res Ther. 2024;20(1):450-453.
• Pasricha S, Durga G, Koyyala VP, Jajodia A, Gupta G, Mehta A. PD-L1 Testing and Assessment: Practical Considerations for Oncologist and Pathologist. Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. 2022.
• Pasricha S, Durga G, Sharma A, Pruthi M, Kamboj M, Gupta G, Jajodia A, Mahawar V, Koyyala VP, Mehta A. Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma: Report of two cases, initially construed as sarcoma with unusual clinico-pathological features. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2022 Oct 1;65(4):921-4.
• Pasricha S, Sharma A, Pruthi M, Durga G, Jajodia A, Gupta G, Kamboj M, Gupta M, Mehta A. Multifocal primary pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma of bone managed with denosumab: A rare case with diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. J Cancer Res Ther . 2022 Apr 1;18(3):817-9.
• Kamboj M, Durga G, Pasricha S, Darlong LM, Jajodia A, Gupta G, Sharma A, Koyyala VP, Mehta A. Synaptophysin positive glomus tumor of trachea simulating typical carcinoid: A potential trap. Head and Neck Pathology. 2021 Sep;15:994-8.
• Pasricha S, Durga G, Gupta G, Jajodia A, Koyyala VP, Sharma A, Kamboj M, Gupta M, Mehta A. Primary Malignant Rhabdoid Tumour of the Liver in Adult Male: a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge. Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer. 2021 Jun;52:738-41.
• Durga G, Gandhi JS, Mehta A. Malignant phyllodes tumor metastatic to bilateral ovaries: a Krukenberg-like presentation. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. 2018 Jul 1;14(5):1138-41.
• Qayoom S, Durga G, George S, Rahman K. Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm presenting as leukemia without cutaneous involvement in a 25 years male patient: Unusual presentation of a rare entity. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2015 Jul 1;58(3):377-80.
•  Sharma A, Gupta G, Nishadham V, Malik A, Kumar A, Pasricha S, Kamboj M, Durga G, Mehta A. Amendments in surgical pathology reports: An 8-year institutional experience. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 2024 Aug 1;71:152308.
• Kamboj M, Gupta G, Pasricha S, Mehta A, Rawal S, Singh A, Sharma A, Durga G, Bansal D, Diwan H. Fumarate hydratase–deficient renal cell carcinoma: an oncology care institutional experience. APMIS. 2024 May 22.
• Bansal D, Pasricha S, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Kamboj M, Mehta A. Diagnostic utility of LMO2 immunohistochemistry in distinguishing T-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma from thymoma. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2023 Nov 9.
• Mishra V, Jain S, Malhotra P, Durga G, Kapoor G. Primary orbital yolk sac tumor in an infant: A rare entity. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2023 Jul 1;66(3):652-4.
• Pasricha S, Jajodia A, Sharma A, Bansal D, Batra U, Gupta G, Durga G, Kamboj M, Nathany S, Mehta A. Primary pulmonary NUT midline carcinoma: An elusive and a rare diagnostic entity. J Cancer Res Ther . 2023 Apr 1;19(3):816-8.
• Kamboj M, Kumar A, Sharma A, Gupta G, Pasricha S, Durga G. Pleomorphic Rhabdomyosarcoma of Uterus in an Adult Female: A Rare Entity. Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology. 2023 Mar;21(1):18.
• Pasricha S, Pahwa S, Pruthi M, Jajodia A, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Kamboj M, Tiwari A, Panigrahi M, Mehta A. Correlation NKX2. 2 IHC and EWSR1 break-apart FISH in the diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma: Can combined NKX2. 2 and CD99 immunoexpression obviate or minimize the need of FISH testing? First assessment study from Indian tertiary cancer care center. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2023 Jan 1;66(1):58-62.
•  Kamboj M, Diwan H, Sharma A, Sekhon R, Jain V, Naithani A, Gupta G, Pasricha S, Rawal S, Mehta A, Durga G. Molecular stratification of endometrial carcinoma: a study from tertiary oncology centre in India.
• Pasricha S, Diwan H, Bansal D, Jajodia A, Agarwal M, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Kamboj M, Koyyala VP, Mehta A. Intrathyroidal plasmacytoma with pleomorphic multilobated bizarre cells: a rare primary clinicopathological presentation mimicking anaplastic carcinoma of thyroid. Head and Neck Pathology. 2022 Dec;16(4):1257-62.
• Pasricha S, Diwan H, Tripathi R, Batra U, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Kamboj M, Nathany S, Gupta M, Koyyala VP. 357P Molecular stratification of small cell lung carcinoma subtypes by immunoexpression of ASCL1, NEUROD1, POU2F3, and YAP1 with clinicopathological correlation. Annals of Oncology. 2022 Nov 1;33:S1580-1.
• Gupta G, Gupta R, Pasricha S, Sharma A, Durga G, Kamboj M, Tripathi R, Mehta A. Molecular stratification of high-grade urothelial carcinoma by immunohistochemistry with its histomorphological and clinical correlation. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2022 Oct 1;65(4):832-8
• Gupta G, Pasricha S, Kamboj M, Sharma A, Nayana NS, Durga G, Sharma A, Rawal S, Meh A. PD-L1 expression in muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma: Comparison of SP142 and SP263 assay. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2022 Oct 1;65(4):839.
•  Pasricha S, Pahwa S, Jajodia A, Goyal S, Agarwal M, Kumar A, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Kamboj M, Mehta A. Adamantinoma-like Ewing sarcoma of the nasal cavity: a rare clinical presentation with deceptive histopathologic features. Head and Neck Pathology. 2022 Sep:1-5.
• Pasricha S, Kamboj M, Jajodia A, Aggarwal M, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Mehta A. High grade myoepithelial carcinoma of maxillary sinus with extensive rhabdoid differentiation and INI-1 loss: Expanding the histopathological spectrum of sinonasal carcinoma. Head and Neck Pathology. 2022 Sep;16(3):876-80.
• Patnaik N, Pasricha S, Gupta G, Durga G, Sharma SK, Sharma A, Kamboj M, Goel V, Jajodia A, Mehta A. EBV positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, NOS in a patient of Crohn’s disease treated with immunomodulator. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2022 Jul 1;65(3):739-41
• Casolino R, Braconi C, Prete MG, Romero FG, Castro RE, Banales JM, Cardinale V, Morement H, Milne J, Krawczyk M, Krupa L. Bridging the equity gap in patient education: the biliary tract cancer BABEL project. The Lancet Oncology. 2022 May 1;23(5):568-70.
• Kamboj M, Gupta G, Pasricha S, Mehta A, Rawal S, Singh A, Sharma A, Durga G, Bansal D, Diwan H. Fumarate hydratase–deficient renal cell carcinoma: an oncology care institutional experience. APMIS. 2024 May 22.
• Gupta G, Sharma A, Kamboj M, Sharma A, Pasricha S, Durga G, Mehta A, Rao A. Role of Pathologist in the Era of Image-Guided and EUS-Guided Aspirations: A 10-Year Study at a Single Tertiary Care Oncology Institute in North India. Acta Cytologica. 2022 May 2;66(3):187-96.
•  Bansal D, Pasricha S, Sharma A, Pruthi M, Tiwari A, Gupta G, Durga G, Kamboj M, Mahawar V, Jajodia A, Mehta A. Epithelioid haemangioma of bone: A series of four cases with a revision of this contentious entity. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2022 Apr 1;65(2):401-5.
• Pasricha S, Pruthi M, Jajodia A, Kumar A, Gupta G, Sharma A, Tiwari A, Rohela H, Durga G, Kamboj M, Koyyala VP. Reliability and role of mutation-specific H3F3A (Histone 3-3) G34W immunohistochemistry to differentiate giant cell tumor of bone from its clinicoradiologic and histologic mimics: an institutional study. Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology. 2022 Jan 1;30(1):36-41.
• Kamboj M, Mehta A, Pasricha S, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G. Cytomorphological categorization of thyroid lesions according to the bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytology and correlation with their histological outcome: An indian oncology centre experience. Journal of Cytology. 2022 Jan 1;39(1):44-50.
• Kamboj M, Gupta G, Pasricha S, Rawal S, Sharma A, Durga G, Mehta A. Eosinophilic solid and cystic renal cell carcinoma: A rare under-recognized indolent entity. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2021 Oct 1;64(4):799-801.
• Iqbal SA, Goel S, Aggarwal A, Gupta N, Gupta M, Durga G, Talwar V, Singh S. Use of 18 F Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography in Assessing Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation and Its Impact on Survival in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer. 2021 Sep;52:1073-80.
• Mehta A, Karki D, Durga G, Bansal D, Yadav V, Pasricha S, Kamboj M. Tumors beneath one umbrella: A story of a young man. Journal of Current Oncology. 2021 Jul 1;4(2):127
•  Kamboj M, Pasricha S, Mehta A, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Bansal D. Aberrant thyroid transcription factor-1 expression in ovarian and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Case reports with review of literature. Journal of Current Oncology. 2021 Jul 1;4(2):86.
• Pasricha S, Bansal D, Batra U, Durga G, Kamboj M, Gupta G, Sharma A, Pahuja A, Jajodia A, Jain V, Gupta M. Metastatic low-grade myoepithelial carcinoma of lung managed with low-dose external beam radiotherapy. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2021 Jan 1;64(1):155-7.
• Pasricha S, Jain K, Kamboj M, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Mehta A. Metastatic micropapillary adenocarcinoma in cervix revealing an occult primary in breast: A diagnostic challenge. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2021 Jan 1;64(1):219-21.
• Pasricha S, Grover S, Kamboj M, Bansal D, Batra U, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Jajodia A, Koyyala VP, Mehta A. Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of lung: a diagnostic challenge-series of six cases with histopathological, predictive molecular and PD. L1 assessment. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2021 Jan 1;64(1):128-31.
• Pasricha S, Grover S, Kamboj M, Bansal D, Batra U, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Jajodia A, Koyyala VP, Mehta A. Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of lung: a diagnostic challenge-series of six cases with histopathological, predictive molecular and PD. L1 assessment. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2021 Jan 1;64(1):128-31.
• Pasricha S, Menon V, Gupta G, Kamboj M, Sharma A, Durga G, Tripathi R, Batra U, Jajodia A, Koyyala VP, Agrawal C. Impact of 2018 ASCO/CAP guidelines on HER‐2 reporting categories of IHC and reflex FISH in breast cancer. The Breast Journal. 2020 Nov;26(11):2213-6.
•  Pasricha S, Jajodia A, Kamboj M, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Bansal D, Mehta A. Primary angiosarcoma of parotid gland in a child: a rare case with diagnostic challenge. Head and Neck Pathology. 2020 Sep;14:837-41.
• Pasricha S, Bansal D, Jajodia A, Choudhary KD, Gupta G, Sharma A, Durga G, Kamboj M, Kumar A, Bothra SJ, Chllamma MK. 53P Role of immune biomarkers in evaluating predictive and prognostic value in advanced stage HER2 positive breast cancer. Annals of Oncology. 2020 May 1;31:S34.
• Sharma M, Koyyala VP, Goyal S, Durga G, Gupta M, Gupta N. Primary squamous cell carcinoma of stomach: a rare presentation. Asian Journal of Oncology. 2020 Jan;6(01):32-4.
• Aggarwal S, Mitra S, Dewan A, Durga G. Carcinosarcoma prostate with osteosarcomatous differentiation: a rare de novo presentation. BMJ Case Reports CP. 2019 Jun 1;12(6):e230116.
• Pasricha S, Kamboj M, Tanwar P, Gupta G, Panigrahi M, Sharma A, Durga G, Mehta A. Immunophenotyping of male breast cancer-Experience at a tertiary care centre. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology. 2019 Apr 1;62(2):226-31.
• Pasricha S, Gupta G, Garg R, Sharma A, Gandhi JS, Durga G, Kamboj M, Grover S, Mehta A. Impact of 2013 ASCO/CAP HER 2 reporting guidelines in breast cancer: An assessment study from Indian oncology centre that primarily performs HER 2 IHC testing with special emphasis on IHC equivocal category. The Breast Journal. 2018 Jul;24(4):468-72.
• Mishra PK, Goel N, Saluja SS, Durga G, Nag HH, Narang P. Management of giant fibrovascular polyp of esophagus. Am Surg. 2012 Dec;78(12):E538-40.
•  Nayak HK, Sothwal A, Raizaida N, Daga M kumar, Agarwal A kumar, Durga G. A rare case of non-insulinoma pancreatic hypoglycaemia syndrome (niphs) in an adult due to localised islet cell hyperplasia–successfully managed by enucleation. BMJ Case Reports. 2011;2011:bcr0720114554.
• Meenakshi Kamboj, Sunil Pasricha, Gurudutt Gupta, Anila Sharma, Garima Durga, Anurag Mehta. Strong P40 expression in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma: A potential pitfall in misdiagnosis of poorly differentiated carcinomas. DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_12_19
• Sunil Pasricha, Meenakshi Kamboj, Parul Tanwar, Gurudutt Gupta, Manoj Panigrahi, Anila Sharma,  Garima Durga, Anurag Mehta. Immunophenotyping of Male Breast Cancer – Experience at a Tertiary care Centre. DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_543_18

Research

• Retrospective clinical validation study to evaluate the performance of a deep learning based assistive tool for detection and grading of prostate adenocarcinoma on digitised histopathology slides
• Study on Gastric adenocarcinoma: molecular subtyping using immunohistochemistry & its clinicopathological & therapeutic implications
• Co-guide in DNB thesis titled radiopathological and PET-CT correlation of tumour regression grading in rectal carcinoma post-neoadjuvant CRT
• Thesis on Evaluation Of Angiogenesis And Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression In Bone Marrow Of Patients With Acute Leukemia