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A 40-year-old woman presents with a painless mass anterior to her left ear. The mass had been slowly enlarging over the past year. The mass is firm and nontender. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging reveal a well-circumscribed, homogeneous mass within the left parotid gland. Biopsy reveals anastomosing strands of stellate and fusiform epithelial cells embedded in a myxoid stroma. Which of the following is a characteristic of the lesion?

AIt is also called papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum.
BIt is most often localized to the submandibular gland
CIt is the most common malignant salivary gland tumor.
DRecurrence often takes place after surgical resection
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