One Tonsil Larger than the Other a Sign of Cancer?

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…

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Def Leppard's Guitarist Vivian Campbell's Chronic Cough Due to Lung Cancer

Image from Wikipedia A chronic cough that's been going on for months to years is an extremely tough problem to figure out due to the many possible triggers including reflux , reactive airway disease, post-nasal drip, allergies, etc. For Def Leppard's guitarist Vivian Campbell, his chronic cough was ultimately found to be due to Hodgkin's Lymphoma in his chest around his windpipe. In his own word's that he posted on the band's Facebook page  (June 10, 2013 post): “I …

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