Very true - best to know - when your life is at stake - denial is not the path to take!

Hello,

Here are the results of biopsy. Thank you all again for your advice and support!

LEFT POSTERIOR TONGUE BIOPSY:
- BENIGN SQUAMOUS MUCOSA WITH UNDERLYING REACTIVE LYMPHOID
HYPERPLASIA CONSISTENT WITH LINGUAL TONSIL


Marci

We like the word "benign". I would have to pull out my medical dictionary for the rest of it.

By the way, most biopsies are done with a numbing spray. This will mask the gag reflex.

Thank you. I have looked up the rest on the net as I wanted to know what it means. I found defination of Hyperplasia on OCF:

HYPERPLASIA
A proliferation of cells which is not NEOPLASTIC. In some cases, this may be a result of the body's normal reaction to an imbalance or other stimulus, while in other cases the physiologic cause of the proliferation is not apparent. An example of the former process is the enlargement of lymph nodes in the neck as a result of reaction to a bacterial throat infection. The lymphocytes which make up the node divide and proliferate, taking up more volume in the node and causing it to expand. An example of hyperplasia in which the stimulus is not known is benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), in which the prostate gland enlarges in older men for no known reason. While hyperplasia's do not invade other organs or METASTASIZE to other parts of the body, they can still cause problems because of their local physical expansion. For instance, in BPH, the enlarged prostate pinches off the urethra and interferes with the flow of urine. If untreated, permanent kidney damage can result.

As far as REACTIVE... Not sure.

At this point I think all is okay. I will soon schedule an appointment with my GP to talk about the other things I have going on... intermitten sore throats and ear pain etc. Through this I also noted that my palantine tonsils are not the same size, (right is twice size of left)but none of the doctors I saw noted this to be a problem. I was diagnosed 11 years ago with CFIDS (chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome) and was EBV active. It took a year and half to remission and I am wondering if I am becoming symptomattic again. UGH.

The numbing spray was amazing. Yes it calmed the gag reflex as well as I did not even feel the needle one little bit.

I am so glad that I found this site during this period. This is just a truly amazing foundation and forum. The people here are who have made it that way. I do plan to visit back occasionlly. I have been keeping up on the HPV developments because of the location of the lump.

I wish everyone here all the best and thank you for helping me.

Marci

Great news Marci:) Thank you for sharing your good news with us

Hello -- popping in with an update. Its been over a year since I have been here. Today I was diagnosed with a 12 mm mass in the posterior pituitary gland. I wanted to post an update here because one of the things I have learned is that these masses can cause high levels of growth hormone which in adults can cause tongue enlargement and tongue growths.

Again -- thank you so much for your support last year. I am so happy today to have a diagnoses for symptoms -- some of which I talked about here.

Wishing you all the very best.

Marci