Not uncommonly, a patient will present to an ENT clinic with only ONE tonsil being unusually large compared with the other side. Typically, such patients have no pain, no sore throat, no preceding illness, no trouble swallowing , etc. Really, no symptoms other than one tonsil being very large. The main concern from an ENT perspective is that this may suggest the possibility of cancer. What is the risk of cancer in such a situation where an asymmetric tonsil hypertrophy is present? Depend…