OBJECTIVES: To report our experience of subacute @entity39 (SANS), an unusual lesion of the minor salivary palatal glands, and to discuss its relationship with @entity39 sialometaplasia (NS). DESIGN: A retrospective review of records for @entity1 with SANS identified between 1996 and 2001. SETTING: @entity4207 center, referral center, and an ambulatory care center. @entity1 : Three @entity1 (1 @entity1 , 2 @entity1 ), aged 22, 23, and 40 years at diagnosis. INTERVENTION: All 3 @entity1 underwent incisional biopsy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical description of SANS, ability to make the diagnosis preoperatively, clinical evolution, histologic features, and comparison with the much more frequent NS. RESULTS: Three @entity1 presented with a lateral palatal nodule (1 case bilateral, 1 case ulcerated) of 7 to 10 days' duration, 0.8 to 1.0 cm in size, slightly or not painful. No @entity1 was correctly diagnosed prior to undergoing a biopsy. In all 3 cases, the biopsy specimen showed acinic @entity39 surrounded by a dense polymorphous inflammatory infiltrate with @entity194 of ductal cells but no @entity1544 . Healing occurred without any further treatment in up to 3 weeks. No recurrence was observed in 2 cases; 1 @entity1 was lost to follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: SANS is a @entity158 of the palatal salivary glands, easily misdiagnosed preoperatively. The main differences from NS are smaller size of lesion, scarcity of @entity1066 , and absence of @entity1544 . Although initially described as a new autonomous entity, SANS might be an early or minimal form of NS.

XXXX : a form of @entity39 sialometaplasia?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['woman', 'patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS', 'men'] @entity39 :: ('MESH:D009336', 'Disease') :: ['necrosis', 'necrotizing sialadenitis', 'necrotizing'] @entity1066 :: ('MESH:D014456', 'Disease') :: ['ulceration'] @entity1544 :: ('MESH:D018307', 'Disease') :: ['squamous metaplasia'] @entity194 :: ('MESH:D001284', 'Disease') :: ['atrophy'] @entity4207 :: ('MESH:D007859', 'Disease') :: ['Academic'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['painful spontaneously resolving necrosis']
@entity39 :: (MESH:D009336,Disease) :: ['Subacute necrotizing sialadenitis']
