A member asked:

I have a lump next to my tonsil with a single hard white dot could it be tonsilitis or is it oral cancer?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Cancer unlikely: Cancer in a teen is rare. More likely is a tonsil stone. Some people have inflammatory responses by their own white blood cells in the holes (crypts) on their tonsils' surfaces... thus leading to lumps of stuff we know as tonsil stones. A primary care doctor can examine, but if medical treatment doesn't make things well enough for a patient's desires, the next option may be seeing an ENT doctor.

Answered 11/19/2019

133 views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

Difference between chronic tonsillitis and tonsil cancer?

3 doctors weighed in across 3 answers

A member asked:

Can you get tonsillitis from kissing someone with tonsil cancer?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers