Montone Kathleen T
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Am J Clin Pathol. 2007 Jul;128(1):35-67. doi: 10.1309/6BBT12WGNK77N4EH.
A variety of infectious diseases may involve head and neck structures. These include bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoal infections. This article describes the pathologic features of a variety of infectious diseases that surgical pathologists may encounter in analysis of tissue specimens from the head and neck area.