title: Bilateral localization of necrotizing sialometaplasia: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a rare disease first described in 1973. It involves salivary gland in the oral cavity.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a 32-year-old, white, male with rare bilateral localization of necrotizing sialometaplasia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinically and histologically necrotizing sialometaplasia may mimic malignant lesions. In the above presented case, the patient's history was suggestive of a malignant process. Thus, knowledge and experience of both clinicians and histopathologists are essential to establish a correct diagnosis, which helps avoid radical surgery.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of the Maxillofacial Surgery Department Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Francuska St. 20-24, Poland. stomgab@wp.pl
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Niedzielska
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Janic
authors.forename: Jaroslaw
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Markowski