Necrotizing sialometaplasia: a sheep in wolf's clothing. Healing as a diagnostic test.
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Kinney, RB; Burton, CS; Vollmer, RT
Published in: Arch Dermatol
February 1986
Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a benign self-limited intraoral lesion that is easily confused both clinically and histologically with squamous cell carcinoma. It presents as a painless ulceration, frequently on the hard palate, that histologically shows necrosis, inflammation, squamous metaplasia, and granulation tissue. It is thought to be due to infarction of minor salivary glands and heals spontaneously in six to 12 weeks. A brief period of observation for evidence of healing can be an important diagnostic clue in distinguishing this entity from cancer, thus saving the patient unnecessary surgery or radiation therapy.
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Arch Dermatol
ISSN
0003-987X
Publication Date
February 1986
Volume
122
Issue
2
Start / End Page
208 / 210
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing
- Salivary Gland Diseases
- Palate
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- 3202 Clinical sciences
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Kinney, R. B., Burton, C. S., & Vollmer, R. T. (1986). Necrotizing sialometaplasia: a sheep in wolf's clothing. Healing as a diagnostic test. Arch Dermatol, 122(2), 208–210.
Kinney, R. B., C. S. Burton, and R. T. Vollmer. “Necrotizing sialometaplasia: a sheep in wolf's clothing. Healing as a diagnostic test.” Arch Dermatol 122, no. 2 (February 1986): 208–10.
Kinney RB, Burton CS, Vollmer RT. Necrotizing sialometaplasia: a sheep in wolf's clothing. Healing as a diagnostic test. Arch Dermatol. 1986 Feb;122(2):208–10.
Kinney, R. B., et al. “Necrotizing sialometaplasia: a sheep in wolf's clothing. Healing as a diagnostic test.” Arch Dermatol, vol. 122, no. 2, Feb. 1986, pp. 208–10.
Kinney RB, Burton CS, Vollmer RT. Necrotizing sialometaplasia: a sheep in wolf's clothing. Healing as a diagnostic test. Arch Dermatol. 1986 Feb;122(2):208–210.
Published In
Arch Dermatol
ISSN
0003-987X
Publication Date
February 1986
Volume
122
Issue
2
Start / End Page
208 / 210
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing
- Salivary Gland Diseases
- Palate
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- 3202 Clinical sciences