2004 Volume 10 Issue 2 Pages 23-29
Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a relatively uncommon oral disorder. The lesion is often misdiagnosed as malignant based on clinical and histological findings. A 21-year-old woman visited a family dentist complaining of swelling and pain in the right hard palate. She had been aware of numbness in the right hard plate before this visit. She was transferred to our outpatient clinic for further examination. The lesion magnified at 20× showed a 15-mm swelling with ulceration of the center portion and the numbness expanded to the whole area of the right hard palate. The patient underwent an incisional biopsy and histopathological diagnosis of necrotizing sialometaplasia was made. After 8 weeks, the patient recovered from the illness without further treatment.
