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Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 | Hi, I just joined after reading hundreds of posts here. And I realize that you guys are going to tell me to have this checked out by a dentist or an ENT, but....
I have a hard lump "in" my tongue. On the right-hand side and very close to the tip. You can't see the spot unless I squeeze the tongue between my teeth, and then it looks white. You can feel the hard spot when I rub the tongue between my fingers. It is a bump, not an ulcer and it's about the size of a pencil eraaser.
I have been having panic attacks over it. Oh, a little background: 33 year old female, went to the dentist 1 year ago.
Could this be a fibroma or permanent scar of some sort? how many cases of oral cancer present as a bump near the tip of tongue?
I know I am overly worried, and I actually feel quite silly considering what everyone here has gone through.
Thanks for any input.
ktin
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Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 329 | ktin, very interesting question. I had my check-up at Moffitt today I have the same lump in the same place. I was told it's scar tissue from the SCC tongue surgery I had in April. I'm going back in Dec for a CT Scan. I also was squeezing my tongue between my teeth for the last 2 weeks I can feel the lump.
If I were you I would get it checked to ease your mind.
SCC. of the left lateral tongue, anterior two thirds, T1 possibly a T2.
Left partial glossectomy, left selective neck dissection 4/21/09. Nodes clean, No Rad, No Chemo.
CT Scan 9/11 clean, CT Scan 9/12 clean
Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. A+.
My hometown Lockport, NY.
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Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | The only way you can find out if it is cancer is with a biopsy.
So you are correct, you need to see a dentist or an ENT. Hopefully, it is nothing, but the first step is getting it looked at.
Jerry
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 229 | Mine started out as an ulcer and eventually went deeper to create a nodular type lump.
Hopefully it will be nothing, but you're very smart to keep after it and not let this go.
Patty
08-10-09 Partial Glossectomy w/suprahyoid neck dissection
SCC T1NOMX Stage I | 46 years old
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