A painful crater like 1.5 cm ulcer develops within one week on the hard palate mucosa of a 40 year old female The most likely diagnosis is_______________?

A. Actinomycosis

B. Necrotizing sialometaplasia

C. Squamous cell carcinoma

D. Pleomorphic adenoma

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