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OBJECTIVE: Necrotising Sialometaplasia is a benign self limiting reactive condition of major and minor salivary glands, which can arouse suspicion for malignancy, clinically and histopathologically. Here, we report a case of 38-year-old female with a painful ulcer on the palate. The case enlightens the importance of clinicopathologic correlation and diligent follow up in diagnosis and management of the case.
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Neoplasias Bucais/patologia , Úlceras Orais/patologia , Glândulas Salivares Menores/patologia , Sialometaplasia Necrosante/patologia , Adulto , Biópsia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Úlceras Orais/cirurgia , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Glândulas Salivares Menores/cirurgia , Sialometaplasia Necrosante/cirurgia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e PescoçoRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis is a chronic granulomatous lesion, which primarily has an affinity for the lungs. It can involve other sites like lymph nodes, kidney, oral cavity. Infection of the oral cavity by M. tuberculosis can be as a Primary infection or as a Secondary infection. Primary presentation of oral tuberculosis is in the form of the chronic non healing ulcer. A Primary infection or an Asymptomatic Secondary infection can impose a great diagnostic dilemma, as it may mimic neoplasia. Here we present a case of a 32-year-old asymptomatic female with secondary infection.
