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What is a tonsillolith?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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I managed a Periodontal/Endodontal office for 10 years, and never heard of this one. Sounds like a pre-hhistoric animal from the ice age. LOL I haven't heard of that one either. Maybe it's a calcified lesion in the tonsils? Yes, that sounds like a possibility.

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What is the Icd 9 code for Tonsillolith?

474.8, disease, chronic, tonsils/adenoids NEC


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What does it mean when there is one white spot on your left tonsil?

It's most likely a tonsillolith (tonsil stone). It will have a somewhat rubbery consistency and a foul odor. It can be removed by pressure ( I use a finger to push or squeeze mine until they dislodge). There are numerous websites that can be consulted for more information.


What is a cryptic tonsil?

Cryptic Tonsillitis is...Tonsils contain many crevices called "crypts". In some patients, these crevices become full of white debris that has a foul odor; this debris is made up of bacteria, food particles, dried mucus and dead white cells. The debris is referred to as tonsil stones or "tonsillolith". Occasionally in some people a low-grade sore throat will accompany the presence of tonsillolith.Cryptic tonsillitis will come and go, although the removal of the tonsillolith will improve the condition.Medications work only for a short period of time. The sole longterm cure for cryptic tonsillitis is a tonsillectomy.


White pimple like bump on the back of your throat where your tonsil use to be There is no pain it just looks like a white pimple with one white dot you will be calling your doctor but any input from?

It's called tonsillolith (tonsillo=tonsils and lith=stones). They are small food particles that gets trapped in the folds of your tonsils. They stink. When they get big, its starts coming out. The only way you can remove it is to express it using your fingers or a long q-tip. Or if you can inhibit your gag reflex, use a water pik and channel the output to that particular fold. Make sure waterpik is set to the lowest setting because it can hurt you.


What is the name of the stinky white things you cough up sometimes from your throat?

A tonsillolith (also called tonsil stone or calculus of the tonsil) is a piece (or more commonly, a cluster) of calcareous matter which forms in the rear of the mouth, in the crevasses (called crypts) of the palatine tonsils (which are what most people commonly refer to as simply tonsils). Tonsil stones, it is theorized, are the result of a combination of any of the following[1]: * food particles * dead white blood cells (a.k.a. leukocytes) * oral bacteria, possibly from mouth breathing * overactive salivary glands They are described as having a pungent odor[2]: halitosis concentrated into a small solid object. Visually, they may resemble sesame seeds or cottage cheese in color and texture. Protruding tonsilloliths have the feel of a foreign object, lodged between the outside of wisdom teeth and the temporomandibular joint region of the fleshed jaw. They may be an especially uncomfortable nuisance, but are not often harmful.


I have a really bad staph sinus infection and it wont go away please help. Also one of my tonsils has like a hole in it the other one doesnt and i need to sing but my singing voice is gone HELP?

The hole in your tonsils is probably the result of repeated infection. The holes are mostly caused by debris being impacted into your tonsils (tonsil stones or tonsillolith) and your tonsils being inflamed and not able to resist the forming of the stones. If you have tonsil stones you should be able to know they are there by feeling them move during a cough, or by looking. You can identify them by looking at the hole and seeing a cream/white coloured clump. For me, the pain eased when I removed the stones. I used a cotton swab and extremely gently rotated it on the stone, the swabs normally pick up the stones and they come out. If that doesn't work, simply bearing the pain and digging into the hole to get the stuff out is the way to go.As far as the staph infection, talk to your doctor.


What is the yellow greenish smelly ball people cough up?

The little white particles that you are coughing up are called tonsilloliths and except for their bad smell are not a condition to be worried about. Tonsilloliths form when mucus, bacteria, and debris condense into small particles on the surface of the tonsils. These odorous balls of material are sometimes coughed up. Having tonsilloliths does not automatically mean that your breath is offensive as tonsilloliths contribute very little to bad breath. Additional information - I get these 2-3 times a year now for 22 years. My "chunks" are slightly larger than a pea and seem to come from deep in the chest after an extensive coughing spell (with awful breath and a low grade fever). One I coughed up was an off white color and unusually large so I chose to section it on a piece of glass. I found a core in the middle of a soft white folded coating. The odor was absolutely unbearable cutting into the chunk. My thought was perhaps I was inhaling small pieces of nuts into my lungs where the body formed the mass to get them out by coughing so I quit eating nuts but they persisted. You can definitely tell from the awful smell that one is "growing" and that smell goes away after it has been expelled, often at high velocity Years ago, I asked my MD about them and she gets them too but had no idea what they were. Its nice to know I'm not the only one with this and it has a name.