Hello, back after a couple of months.

Finally had an soft tissue neck MRI scan--showed a pretty large complex/cyst (polyp or retention cyst mentioned?) in left maxillary sinus--filling up 2/3 of that sinus. Also a 5mm complex cyst on left parotid.

ENT wants to schedule surgery to remove sinus mass--only addressed malignancy as "very unlikely" after I asked. Is completely not interested in parotid cyst--says they are common and nothing to worry about.

Anyone have any experiences with these types of masses?

Doc and PA acted as if these masses/cysts were unrelated to each other or to the long list of symptoms I've been having over 3-4 months--this seems a bit odd to me. Do any of you think that seems correct?

To this point, I have never had a full scoping of nose--I would think that should have been done. Also, would a biopsy of mass in sinus be appropriate before going ahead with surgery?

ENT also wants a tight CT scan of sinus before surgery, which I get. But I wonder if a more global scan of upper sinuses/head/brain is in order too, since the first MRI only focused on throat and findings in sinus were actually by "accident."

I do have a second opinion scheduled for Thursday. Any feedback from you all would be invaluable.

Thanks once again.