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SJOGREN SYNDROME AND PAROTID MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA: REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

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Published: October 16 2025
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Angelo Immordino
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Salvatore Gallina
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Francesco Dispenza
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Francesco Lorusso
dott.francescolorusso@gmail.com
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo, Italy, Italy.
Five percent of the cancers in the parotid region are non-hodgkin lymphomas. This lymphoma, involving the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT), is called MALToma. A chronic autoimmune inflammatory process of the parotid gland, such as Sjogren's syndrome, results in an increased incidence of parotid MALToma. Biopsy of the parotid is essential for appropriate diagnosis; this can then be completed by radiotherapy, chemotherapy or therapy with monoclonal antibodies according to the stage of the disease. This study shows a clinical case of a 50-year-old patient with Sjogren's syndrome who developed a parotid MALToma

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SJOGREN SYNDROME AND PAROTID MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA: REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. (2025). EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal, 15. https://doi.org/10.3269/ebmj.2020.128
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