title: Necrotising sialometaplasia in the floor of mouth.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Necrotising sialometaplasia is a benign self-limiting inflammatory process which occurs in the salivary gland tissue. The condition is a diagnostic challenge mimicking malignancy both clinically and histopathologically. Commonly, it presents in the hard palate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here, we report an unusual case in a 56-year-old man which presented in the floor of the mouth.
authors.affiliation: Combined Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Medicine, Edinburgh Dental Institute, Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9HA, Scotland, UK, maria.k.devine@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Devine
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sammut
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Conn
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000473:pathology; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology; D012797:Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed