title: [Necrotizing sialometaplasia].
abstract: Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a rare inflammatory condition clinically and histologically resembling a malignant tumor. The lesion is usually present on the palatal mucosa, and heals up without treatment during a couple of months. Differential diagnosis is essential in order to avoid excessive therapy. We describe a case where an oral tumor was not a cancer after all.
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Atula
authors.forename: Jaana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hagström
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012797:Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology