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A member asked:
Difference between chronic tonsillitis and tonsil cancer?
3 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
One side vs two: Tonsillitis is generally bilateral and tonsillar cancer is usually unilateral. For more information on tonsil cancer see this site. http://www.mayoclinic.org/tonsil-cancer/.
Answered 11/10/2012
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Different disease: Chronic tonsill- itis is chronic inflammation of the tonsils most commonly caused by a viral or bacterial infection whose symptoms include sore throat and fever. Tonsil cancer- is malignant process that originates from the tonsil. Everything is different- the only similarities is that it is affected the same area- tonsil.
Answered 10/14/2017
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Very different: Chronic tonsillitis is recurrent infection and benign. Tonsil cancer is usually a non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma caused by human papilloma virus.
Answered 6/28/2016
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