Relatable patterns in diagnostic pathology

Histology and histopathological knowledge are the basis for clinching an appropriate diagnosis. The characteristic features presented by tumours or tumour like conditions have a distinct picture of their own, and can be distinguished if viewed with an eagle’s eye. The aim of this review is to take an appearanceoriented approach for ease of correlation with day to day objects and thus helping in mastering the art of diagnosis. This paper aims to provide a single, concise source of recognition for majority of head and neck tumours or tumour like conditions. Review emphasises on radiologic and histopathologic appearances. © This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.