title: Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of Parotid as a Second Malignancy in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Improved survival seen in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) cases has led to increased reports of second malignant neoplasms.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 12-year-old female treated for ALL using UK ALL XI protocol nine years back presented with progressively increasing pre-auricular swelling.
  
  
  METHODS
  Investigations revealed it to be a Mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mucoepidermoid carcinoma should be a differential in any parotid swelling of treated case of pediatric ALL.
authors.affiliation: Departments of *Oncopathology, #Radiology and Radiotherapy, Delhi State Cancer Institute, Delhi, India. Correspondence to: Dr Gargi Tikku, Department of Oncopathology, Delhi State Cancer Institute, Delhi, India. gargi.tikku@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gargi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tikku
authors.forename: Dhruv
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Archana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grover
mesh_terms: D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*