[Necrotizing sialometaplasia: apropos of a case and review of the literature].

Necrotizing Sialometaplasia is an inflammatory, self-healing, reactive process of probable vascular origin, that most commonly involves the minor salivary glands of the palate but can bee seen in all salivary glands. As its clinical and pathological features may suggest malignancy, knowledge of histologic criteria indicating the benign nature of the lesion and the integration of clinical and pathologic elements are required to obviate this mistake. We review the literature reporting to one case.