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Curative radical resection is the standard therapy, and adjuvant treatment is not defined. For unresectable disease, chemotherapy and radiotherapy are indicated with variable response rates. Due to its rarity, a standard treatment is not yet defined.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study aims to analyze the clinicopathological features, treatment patterns, and survival outcome of FDCS cases in our institution.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methodology<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study was conducted in the Department of Medical Oncology State Cancer Institute, Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Biopsy-proven FDCS patients were identified through the hospital-based registry from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2023.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of six patients were diagnosed during the study period. The median age was 28 years (range, 21\u201351 years). There were four male and two female patients, with male-to-female ratio of 2:1. Common symptoms were abdominal pain (50%) and cough and dyspnea (33.3%). Four patients (66.6%) had nodal involvement with retroperitoneum and mediastinum in two cases each. Three patients had extranodal involvement, with the colon in two and with the liver in one. Five patients were initially misdiagnosed as non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma, soft tissue sarcoma, neurogenic tumor, and carcinoma. The treatments offered were surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, radiotherapy, and observation. Four patients were alive at a median follow-up of 12 months, with three patients having no evidence of disease and one case living with the disease. Two patients had succumbed to the disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study described the clinicopathological characteristics, diagnostic challenges, and management difficulties in FDCS patients. 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