Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Cystic lesion, 4mm size, in anterior oropharyngeal walls, benign imaging characteristics, may be related to tiny retention cyst. my options to remove?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Grear: If your oral surgeon or ENT recommends, you can remove. Sometimes it recurred.
Answered 3/26/2015
3k views
Thank
Your choice: At 4mm, this cyst is probably not causing any problems, and probably best to leave it alone. But if it is causing you snoring, or sleep apnea, or bad breath, or is just bothersome, see an ENT surgeon to discuss your options.
Answered 3/26/2015
3k views
Thank
Related Questions
A member asked:
The right lobe measures 4.8 x 1.4 x 1.7 cm with heterogenous echotexture and a 3mm cystic lesion with tiny calcification suggestive of colloid cysts.
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
What is a small complex multioculated cystic lesion in the distribution of either the right endometrial cavity or subendometrial distribution?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Follicles in the R ovary with a mildly complex cystic lesion w/ internal echoes measuring 1.8 x 1.2 x 1.6 cm. Small follicles in the L ovary...means?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
GB removed in oct. Days ago, MRI showed "tiny punctate cystic lesion in pancreatic tail." What could cause this? I have no history of pancreatitis.
Benign parotid lesion in the deep lobe with cystic degeneration. 1.1 x 1.2cm in size, mobile, not painful. Suggested treatments?
Is it common for patients to have multiple cystic lesions at s2-3 level (4+)? Since imaging alone cannot diagnose lesions, what follow up is needed? What, aside from tarlov cysts, could lesions be?
I recently had a MRI. The reported mentioned this: Approximately 5 mm cystic lesion in the tail is likely a sidebranch IPMN without suspicious imaging features. Recommends one year follow up MRI. Should I be concerned?
I was diagnosed after MRI with prominent adenoid pad and tiny mucosal retention cyst in both maxillary sinus. What are my options?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HIPAASecure
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHOAccredited
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
