Thanks so much for your feedback. The doctor said he doesn’t think it’s probably cancer in his tonsils but could only be sure by doing a tonsillectomy. He told us that in the report the “rare p16” meant they found a few cells but this just means there was hpv16 found. They only did a biopsy of the papilloma which came back benign. If this makes sense. The concern is that his right tonsil is larger than the left. We left the appointment feeling like he didn’t really seem concerned nor could could he really give us many answers as far as next steps besides just getting the tonsils out, so we are getting a second opinion this week.

Here’s what the report says. Maybe you will have a more clear understanding of what this means than we do:
“P16 (rare+) (which they said means few) and HPV 6/11 low risk in situ hybridization negative (HPV 6 and 11 are the most common types found and papillomatosis. Diagnosis: squamous papilloma, rare positive p16 cells”