Suggest Treatment For Hard Lump Inside Tongue

Posted on Thu, 27 Aug 2015

Question: I woke up about four days ago and notice a harder lump inside my toungue. I usually rub my toungue aganist my teeth as a nervous tick, and have a history of saliva stones. The lump is about half the size of a pinky and is more of an oval shape. I cant see anything on the exterior, except for slight swelling in the right side. This were the lump is located and toward the front. I am able to move it around with my fingers and teeth when i push it down. I have no numbness or speech disturbance. I had and oral cancer screening less then two months ago and only use tobacco occasionally.

Answered by Dr. Suresh Heijebu (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Get an FNAC done

Detailed Answer:
Hi Sir,

I understand your concern.

Going by your symptoms ,this lump needs further evaluation to rule malignant changes.

For this I advise you to go for FNAC/needle examination of the the lump.

Except hardness many of the features described indicate a benign cause.

Further management is based on the test results.

Thank you.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar