Diseases

Necrotizing Sialometaplasia

A benign, inflammatory, variably ulcerated, occasionally bilateral, self-healing lesion of the minor salivary glands that is often confused clinically and histologically with carcinoma.

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A benign, inflammatory, variably ulcerated, occasionally bilateral, self-healing lesion of the minor salivary glands that is often confused clinically and histologically with carcinoma.

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  • Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing
  • Necrotizing Sialometaplasias
  • Sialometaplasias, Necrotizing

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

benign inflamm self-healing lesions of minor salivary glands

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History Note

91(83); was see under SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES 1983-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Metaplasia (1966-1982)
  • Necrosis (1966-1982)
  • Salivary Gland Diseases (1966-1982)
  • Salivary Glands (1966-1982)
  • Salivary Glands, Minor (1979-1982)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Necrotizing Sialometaplasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012797. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012797
  2. Necrotizing Sialometaplasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrotizing_sialometaplasia
  3. Necrotizing Sialometaplasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6985741