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Maria Devine1, Stephanie Sammut, Brendan Conn
1Combined Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Medicine, Edinburgh Dental Institute, Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9HA, Scotland, UK, maria.k.devine@gmail.com.
Introduction:
Necrotising sialometaplasia is a benign self-limiting inflammatory process which occurs in the salivary gland tissue. The condition is a diagnostic challenge mimicking malignancy both clinically and histopathologically. Commonly, it presents in the hard palate.
Case Report:
Here, we report an unusual case in a 56-year-old man which presented in the floor of the mouth.
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