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sialometaplasia

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sialometaplasia /si·alo·meta·pla·sia/ (-met″ah-pla´zhah) metaplasia of the salivary glands.
necrotizing sialometaplasia  a benign inflammatory condition of the salivary glands, simulating mucoepidermoid and squamous cell carcinoma.
si·a·lo·met·a·pla·sia (s-l-mt-plzh)
n.
Squamous cell metaplasia in the salivary ducts.
sialometaplasia
an uncommon disease of the mandibular salivary glands in dogs. There is swelling, severe retropharyngeal pain, dysphagia and vomiting.
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Systemic granulomatous disease and sialometaplasia in a dog with Bartonella infection.
Bartonella DNA in dog saliva by Duncan, Ashlee W.; Maggi, Ricardo G.; Breitschwerdt, Edward B. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Abstract Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a benign, spontaneously healing inflammatory condition.
Necrotizing sialometaplasia: a potential diagnostic pitfall by Blasch, Petr / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
MECs must be distinguished from necrotizing sialometaplasia, chronic sialadenitis, cystadenoma, cystadenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma, clear cell carcinoma (not otherwise specified), and metastatic tumors.
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma by Thompson, Lester D.R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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