Lesley,

My ENT had the pathologist at KU Med go over the slides from my second biopsy. My dentist and primary care doc did not even get a report from the first one, and when I received it a year later they had had 3 doctors look at the slides before they signed it as clear. But the report itself mentioned possible SCC, dysplasia, etc. This was from a lab my dentist and second oral surgeon had never heard of.

Lots of labs have so many specimens go through and are paid by the number of slides read, and mistakes are made. I wanted to get the original slides read by someone else and people were encouraging me to sue the original oral surgeon. I asked my dentist if I were his wife, would he pursue this? He said he would concentrate on getting well. I still wonder what a second (actually fourth) opinion on the slides would find.

Maybe your ENT could have the pathologist he trusts read the slides from your biopsy? My doctor required they be sent to him before he saw me.

Sincerely,
Lisa

PS.. Original oral surgeon was the one on my insurance, not the one recommended by my dentist. That was a poor choice on my part to save money.