[Clinical features of papilliferous cystadenolymphoma of the parotid (Whartin's tumour) (author's transl)].

Out of 222 parotid tumours treated by surgery 22 (10%) proved to be cystadenolymphoma papilliferum. The tumour was found predominantly in men over fifty, tended to grow rapidly often causing pain. Suspicion of papilliferous cystadenolymphoma (a parotid tumour in older men) must be confirmed by early operation. The surgical procedure for cystadenolymphoma is like that for pleomorphic adenoma (exposure of the facial nerve followed by partial parotidectomy). An extracapsular dissection is not recommended.