Necrotizing sialometaplasia: A rare lesion that mimics oral cancer clinically and histopathologically

We present one such case wherein the lesion resolved spontaneously after incisional biopsy. A clinical diagnosis of necrotizing sialometaplasia was confirmed by histopathology. General medical practitioners and otolaryngologists should consider this rare lesion in the work up of a suspicious oral ulcer. Decisions must be based on biopsy and clinicians should resist the urge to make diagnoses unsupported by biopsy or at least toluidine blue staining.
Source: Otolaryngologia Polska - Category: ENT & OMF Source Type: research