I discovered these yellowish looking spots of tissue on the back of my throat in September of 2007. IThe very next day, I got a severe sore throat. I went to the walk in clinic in early September and was diagnosed with larangitis. The pain in my throat went away after two weeks, but the yellowish tissue didn't go away after two weeks so I decided to check in with an ENT.
When I got there, there was a resident that checked me out and said I had injected tissue and rhino something in my nose. I specifically asked him "Can this be cancer", and he said most likely not. The ENT then checked me out again to confirm the residents opinion. They then both looked down my nose with a long fiber optic scope and the diagnosis was lyphatic tissue. At that time he stated if it doesn't go away, I should come back for more testing for allergies or viral infection and not to worry.
So, in December of 2007, the tissue that they described has not gone away and maybe has gotten a little worse but hard to tell. I then went back to the same ENT. This time he looked at it briefly and stated it is lymphatic tissue again and he stated he wasn't concerned about it and referred me to an allergist.
I am looking for advice on this forum as I am concerned that as a father of 3 at age 30, I have smoked cigarrettes from age 18 to 25 and smoked cigars for about the past 5 years at a rate of maybe 3-4 per year.
Is there anything I can do to persue this further for more testing, or accept what the doctors have told me so far. Should I see another ENT? Are ENT' accurate without substantive testing, such as a biopsy? This will be technically the 3rd doctor that has reviewed my symptoms and isn't concerned. Should I request a biopsy of the tissue or trust my ENT?