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I have a lump on one of my tonsils, what could it be?
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Needs to be checked: It may be an infection like collection of puss or tonsillar abscess.Or it may be a tonsilar cyst or just hypertrophied lobe of one of the tonsil get it checked and treated asap.
Answered 11/28/2017
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