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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Diagnostic dilemma: our experience with necrotising sialometaplasia.

Lekhaa Mohanraj, Urvashi Singh, Somu Lakshmanan

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Lekhaa MohanrajOtorhinolaryngology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-5090
Urvashi SinghOtorhinolaryngology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India dr.urvashi.s@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0772-8187
Somu LakshmananOtorhinolaryngology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A man in his 40s presented to our outpatient department with a painful ulcer in the oral cavity for 1 week. After intraoral examination, a single hard palate ulcer, which was non-tender on palpation, was noted. Baseline blood investigations such as haemogram and serological evaluation were within normal limits. Under local anaesthesia, an excisional biopsy was performed. The histopathological examination revealed a reactive necrotising inflammatory process involving minor salivary glands with no cytological atypia. Weekly follow-up was performed and at the end of 4 weeks, complete healing of the lesion had occurred without any further intervention.

Indexed as

Sialometaplasia, NecrotizingDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMalePalate, HardSalivary Glands, MinorUlcerEar, nose and throat/otolaryngologyHead and neck cancer

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PMID36944448
PMCPMC10032410

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