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A member asked:
Dear doctors - would you let a patient know if you suspect cancer or not outright tell them to relieve panic but require a biopsy? my oral surgeon asked if i bit my tongue then said "i think it is a bite but let's do a biopsy to be sure" ?
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Regardless of what the oral surgeon suspects, the biopsy is necessary to make a definitive diagnosis. Visualization of a lesion is not enough in most cases. No need to jump to conclusions.
Answered 11/20/2022
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Does it tell me anything if the tongue biopsy the dr takes is a cut out piece from my tongue vs just aspiration? Can you distinguish cancer on tongue from a bite mark?
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We thought I had mucocele. sent for biopsy. No cancer cells, no abnormal cells, but normal cells wrapped up in the nerves. As oral surgeon said, it just looks weird so they want to monitor. Should I be concerned?! Will do a biopsy again in six weeks
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