title: Necrotizing sialometaplasia: a potential diagnostic pitfall.
abstract: Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a benign, spontaneously healing inflammatory condition. It usually affects the hard palate, and it can mimic a malignancy both clinically and histologically. We report a new case of this rare disorder.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department City Hospital, Frýdek-Místek, the Czech Republic. kominek@nemfm.cz
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Komínek
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blasch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012797:Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology