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The authors describe malignant degeneration of the epithelial component of a cystadenolymphoma (CAL) of the parotid gland in a 79-year-old man. This development of carcinoma in CAL is a very rare occurrence, with only eight cases described thus far in the literature.
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Podlešák, T., Dolecková, V. & Sibl, O. Malignancy of a cystadenolymphoma of the parotid gland. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 249, 233–235 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178476
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