Pathological Diseases

Benign neoplasm of the lower lip.

Pathologic disease of the head and neck encompass a wide spectrum of disorders with associated maxillofacial or systemic involvement.

Several categories of disorders can be identified, which can frequently assist the physician in diagnosis of such conditions:

1. Infectious (e.g. bacterial, viral, fungal infections)
2. Traumatic etiology (e.g. irritation fibroma)
3. Neoplastic. Epithelial, connective tissue, glandular, lymphatic, osseous, muscle, and vascular tumors that can be characterized as either benign or malignant tumors. Metastatic disease to the head and neck are by definition malignant.
4. Immunologic mediated disorders (e.g.rheumatoid arthritis)
5. Side effects or other medical or surgical therapy (e.g. osteoradionecrosis)
6. Cysts of the head and neck (inflammatory and non inflammatory cysts)
7. Pathologic processes related to the regional anatomy (e.g. sialolithiasis)
8. Congenital malformations (cleft lip and palate)
9. Degenerative disorders (osteoarthritis)
10. Iatrogenic (e.g. intra operative damage to a cranial nerve)
11. Idiopathic (e.g. aphthous ulcers)
12. Vasculitis (e.g. temporal arteritis)

Dr Bagheri can assist in the diagnosis and treatment of the many facial pathological processes.

Salivary gland stone X-ray