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My right tonsil is two to three times the size of my left and every so often there is some hard yellowish/whitish stuff that i take out with a q-tip?

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Tonsil enlargement: You have not told us your age, medical conditions, duration of symptoms. You may have a tonsillar abscess and need to be seen by a doctor without further delay. If the asymmetric hypertrophy is long-term, it may be suggestive og neoplasm and will require excisional biopsy for definitive diagnosis.

Answered 9/28/2014

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Tonsil: The white stuff sounds like a tonsil stone which is common. Generally if one tonsil is much bigger than another we recommend tonsillectomy to look for an explanation of the assymetry

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