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Gargi Tikku1, Dhruv Jain, Archana Kumari
1Departments 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.
Background:
Improved survival seen in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) cases has led to increased reports of second malignant neoplasms.
Case Characteristics:
A 12-year-old female treated for ALL using UK ALL XI protocol nine years back presented with progressively increasing pre-auricular swelling.
Observation:
Investigations revealed it to be a Mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
Message:
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma should be a differential in any parotid swelling of treated case of pediatric ALL.
