Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a benign, self-limiting and rare inflammatory disease which, on clinical and histological examination, mimics malignant neoplasms. Necrotizing sialometaplasia is an uncommon inflammatory condition that affects salivary glands. The complete self-healing of the lesions occurred in 3 weeks. Since this entity presents clinical and histopathological findings resembling either mucoepidermoid carcinoma or squamous carcinoma diagnostic failure may terminate in needless mutilating surgery.