Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회지)

The Korean Society for Head and Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회)
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Two Cases of Necrotizing Sialometaplasia of the Soft Palate

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  • Jung, Moon-Sang (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Myung-Chul (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
  • Mo, Jung-A (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Pyung-San (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital)
  • 정문상 (한국원자력의학원 원자력병원 이비인후-두경부외과) ;
  • 이명철 (한국원자력의학원 원자력병원 이비인후-두경부외과) ;
  • 모정아 (한국원자력의학원 원자력병원 이비인후-두경부외과) ;
  • 조평산 (한국원자력의학원 원자력병원 이비인후-두경부외과)
  • Published : 2010.05.31
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Abstract

Necrotizing sialometaplasia was defined by Abrams et al. in 1973 as a reactive necrotizing inflammatory process involving minor salivary glands. Prior to recognition of necrotizing sialometaplasia as a benign, self-limited lesion, it was all too often diagnosed as either squamous cell carcinoma or mucoepidermoid carcinoma and had been improperly treated because of its clinical and histological resemblance to malignancy. We report two cases of necrotizing sialometaplasia. One case involved a 56-year-old female who developed a necrotizing sialometaplasia in association with palato-pharyngeal flap wound after excision of soft palate cancer and reconstruction. Another case involved a 55-year-old male who had a soft palate mass.

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