Necrotizing Sialometaplasia Accompanied by Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma on the Soft Palate.

Author: Dong Jin LEE ¹ ; Hye Kyung AHN ; Eun Seok KOH ; Young Soo RHO ; Hyung Ro CHU
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1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. eesurgery@gmail.com
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Necrotizing sialometaplasia; Adenoid cystic carcinoma
MeSH: Adenoids; Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic; Palate, Soft; Salivary Glands, Minor; Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing
From:Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology 2009;2(1):48-51
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Necrotizing Sialometaplasia (NS) is a benign, self-limiting inflammatory disease of the mucus-secreting glands, and this illness mainly involves the minor salivary glands. The significance of NS resides in its clinical and histopathological resemblance to malignancy. We present here a case of necrotizing sialometaplasia on the soft palate, and this was accompanied by adenoid cystic carcinoma. We report here on this case to draw attention to the difficulty for deciding the extent of resecting a malignancy, and especially when the malignancy is simultaneously accompanied by necrotizing sialometaplasia.