0 ∈ Tx + λCx, where T : D(T )⊂ X → 2X is a strongly quasibounded maximal monotone operator and C : D(C)⊂ X → X∗ satisfies the condition (S+)D(C) with L⊂ D(C). The method of approach is to use a topological degree theory for (S+)L-perturbations of strongly quasibounded maximal monotone operators, recently developed by Kartsatos and Quarcoo. Moreover, applying degree theory, a variant of the Fred...