title: Familiar and unfamiliar pseudoneoplastic lesions of the head and neck.
abstract: Pseudoneoplastic lesions in the head and neck are numerous. Familiarity with the sites of predilection and demographics of these lesions is particularly useful if the differential diagnosis for a minimal biopsy sample includes benign and malignant entities. This article is a brief overview of some common and unusual pseudo neoplasms specific to this region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Ave, MSC 908, Charleston, South Carolina 29425-9080. Electronic address: richardm@musc.edu.
authors.forename: Mary S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000473:pathology; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis; Juxtaoral organ of Chievitz; Pseudoneoplasms; hamartoma