Necrotizing sialometaplasia occurring during pregnancy: report of a case.
A case of NSM presenting as bilateral ulceration of the palate developing in the seventh month of pregnancy is reported. The lesions caused initial problems of differential diagnosis because they were more extensive than is often the case in NSM. However, healing followed simple palliative treatment for the ulcers. The etiology of NSM is discussed in relation to the vascular and hormonal changes of pregnancy.
Speechley
J A
JA
Oral Medicine Unit, University of Liverpool, School of Dental Surgery, England.
Field
E A
EA
Scott
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010159:Palate / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012797:Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing / Q000473:pathology*