NECROTIZING SIALOMETAPLASIA AFTER SILASTIC RING VERTICAL GASTROPLASTY- CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Necrotizing sialometaplasia (NS) is a self-limiting benign condition o f unknown origin that affects mainly the minor salivary glands on the hard palate, In its clinical and histological appearance, it mimics ma lignancy. This report presents a patient with NS who suffered from fre quent bouts of vomiting subsequent to silastic ring vertical gastropla sty which resulted in remarkably low pH of the oral cavity, The litera ture pertaining to NS appearing in conjunction with gastrointestinal d isorders was reviewed, and the possible contribution of recurrent emes is to the pathogenesis of NS is discussed,