Hi, name is Brett.

For the past three months I have a little spot of what appears to be white swollen pappile near the midline and back of my tongue. that is, on the dorsal surface and near the back and center there is a kind of gash above the swollen pappile..it.. looks like a fissure about 1 cm long... and it itches... in fact the right side of my tongue has an itchy area right around it... sometimes the pappile bursts (it's really tiny) and there is a little hole.. and then it will do it all over again.

My PCP sent me to an ENT, but would not try antibiotics.


I am afraid I have sticked my tongue out, hyperextended it so much looking at the thing that it made IT sore.

The inflammed pappile spot is about 2mm in diameter and it seems to be a little sore.. especially if I pallpitate it.
I am going to an ENT tomorrow for an inspection and a biopsy of it.

I have looked at the rest of my tongue and all over.. and there is nothing else to see.. no white or red areas.. although like I said the right side of my tongue seems inflamed. There are no lymph nodes swollen.. but my tonsils sometimes swell if I stick out my tongue to far.

What can I expect for a biopsy?