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Enlarged left tonsil. left tonsil is flat. not painful. left is sometimes itchy and red. what is this?

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Dr. William Culviner answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Asymmetrical tonsils: Tonsils that are differing in size can be a normal variant or indicate a a problem such as chronic infection in the crypts or crevices of one tonsil more than the other. There could be a growth in one tonsil making it seem larger. Bottom line, see an ent.

Answered 9/28/2016

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