[quote=reverie]Simple Gifts, did your tonsil look the way I described mine, and what was the process to your diagnosis? Did you have a tonsillectomy or was he able to determine SCC from a less invasive procedure? Can you tell me what I should do to get the fastest and most accurate diagnosis possible given what I suspect it is? Thanks. [/quote]

The description from the ENT's report is "some scarring and a little indented area of the upper part of the anterior tonsillar pillar on the right side, but there is also a piece of waht appears to be tonsillar tissue hanging down. Impression: Growth of right tonsil vs. scarring. Recommendation: Microlaryngoscopy with biopsy."

After the surgery, he said he wasn't sure what he removed as it did not look like a typical cancer. I thought I was getting a simple biopsy (take a snip and and send it to the lab), but obviously I didn't ask detailed questions about the procedure. He did explain that tonsil cancer does not mean the cancer is in the tonsil, but rather the tonsil area.


SCC, right tonsil, T1N0MO, G3, HPV-33 positive, 7 wks IMRT 2/21/07-4/13/07, 48 year old female when diagnosed, non-smoker, weekend wine drinker, tumor and both tonsils removed. Ethyol for 3 weeks; no peg; only minimal longterm side effects