2015 Indian pediatrics

Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of Parotid as a Second Malignancy in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

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Indian pediatrics Vol. 52 (11) : 979-80 • Nov 2015

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.

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