Question: my sister is 50 years old. she had her tonsils removed. after healing, she got another cyst on the left side above where the tonsil was. also, when they removed her left tonsil, they removed a large growth that went down her throat. they said it was not cancer, but now, this cyst came up. they did a cat scan, and nothing showed except her left lymph node is swollen -- but not sure if that is because they only did the ct scan was only on the left side. yesterday morning she woke up with a cluster of blisters on the back of her tongue and throat. the Doctor took a needle and remove some of the contents of the cyst which was very thick and hard to get with a needle -- the cyst is white in color and she can see her veins. do you have any idea what this is -- when she sends me pictures, it looks like she has a lot of bad stuff going on and she is feeling very tired. the fact that this came back after the 3 week after this large mass was removed is concerning to all of us. any ideas?

thank you so much Dr. XXXXXXX Chail I am going to get the ct scan report sent to you. we have to scan it tomorrow, I cant do it at my house. she has had very bad tonsils, and the growth that was so big on the left side when the doctor operated, took him an hour to remove and he has never seen anything like it before. She is in a small region of New Mexico, and I know the doctor is good, he is and ear, noise and throat specialist, but he only sees what he sees -- he has said it is not like anything he has ever seen. I have pictures of the inside of her mouth, but not of the cyst - I am asking her to try again and take a picture of it. I will follow up with some pictures. Also, Do you normally take antibiotics with something like tonsil surgery? when I saw the huge holes in her throat, I did not know how infection could not occur. he does not seem to have ruled out cancer -- that is what is bother us all greatly, however, with things like these blisters, and membrane in the back of the throat, and on the left side it looks like ground meat - it makes me wonder if it is not an infection, or multiple infections -- also the fact that she had staph infection -- can that act up again? pictures will follow, and ct report tomorrow.

Dr. Vivel Chail thank you for your reply. did you not have access to the report I uploaded with my note this morning? if not. I many have to do it again. The report said that the doctor was looking for a Pharyngeal Cyst. apparently, the CT scan did not detect the cyst , that is visible in my sister mouth, but this is what it said: "there is a 13x8mm noe deep to the Jugular vien slightly cephalad to the level of the calavicle" Conclusion: "Single enlarged lymph node at the neck base on the left. No Pharyngeal detected." the doctor then excreted a needle to draw fluid from the cyst - it was very thick, and it is about the size of a pencil eraser. he sent it to be checked. he said it would take 2 weeks to get the response. that seems like a very long time. given her terrible experience when she had cervical cancer that was followed by a staph infection that almost killed her, I was frightened when I found out that he gave NO medication after surgery. So, I can see infection occurring, but I really don't know -- it just did not sound right to me that with 2 big holes in your mouth you would not have some medication to prevent an infection. this is all beside the cyst, and not knowing about the lymph node that I found out yesterday when I asked her to get the report. if you need me to up load the ct report again, I will. I also uploaded pictures from inside her mouth - she has not been able to get a picture of the cyst, but she is going to try again today. what I sent was what her mouth looked like after surgery, and there was no cyst, and the cluster of blusters she has on the back of her tongue which is going down her throat that appeared this week. I am very concerned. if you can give me some advise, it will be greatly appreciated. I am ready to go get her and bring her to Houston! this sounds very scary to me.

Dear Dr XXXXXXX thank you so much for your reply, it makes me feel better. I wlll tell my sister what you have suggested. I am not sure she has gotten any specifics regarding oral hygiene, but surly she has! I will ask, I know she is not taking any meds. The doctor is concerned that he can not handle her situation, but we will know when the report returns. I have a friend in Houston that is one of the best reconstruction surgeons , and other connections into the Houston medical community - so if it comes to it, I can get access to the best for her. I am relieved that the node in her lymph might be related to infection - she certainly has that. I have tried again to upload pictures of her mouth to you, and the CT scan - it shows that is it on this site as part of this conversation --- I must be doing something wrong it you still can not be seeing it -- I can. if you can not, I will call the help deck to help me be sure of what to do so you can see it. I have asked my sister to ask the doctor about the mass he removed from her left side and what he thinks the blisters are. I will send that when I receive it. Thank you so much XXXXXXX