Dr Ruth Estimar is a head and neck cancer surgeon in Puerto Princesa Palawan. This is a series of blog posts about head and neck diseases and head and neck surgery by ENT doctor in Puerto Princesa, Dr. Ruth Estimar. Book now for appointment.
I have a neck mass! Help, what should I do? A patient came into my clinic today exclaiming “Doctor, I have lymphoma, until when do I have to live?!” He is not the only anxious patient that I have come in with a neck mass in the ENT clinic. Hopefully, this blog helps alleviate that […]
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WHEN HOARSENESS IS AN OMINOUS SIGN… Hoarseness lasting more than 2 weeks warrants a consultation with your ENT doctor and neck cancer surgeon as this may be one of the early signs of neck or thyroid cancer. As in always said in yoga: listen to your smart body. It will tell you what to do. This
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I HAVE A TUMOR IN MY MOUTH, SHOULD I GO FOR A BIOPSY? This morning, I had a patient consulting in my ENT clinic for a large neck mass on the right, as well as pain and difficulty in swallowing. When I looked inside his mouth, I saw a firm mass on his right tonsil, extending lower to
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i have a lump in my tongue, could it be cancer? These are pictures of 2 patients I saw within a span of 2 hours. The first patient presented with a hard, firm mass located on the underside of his tongue. The second patient presented with a firm mass on his hard palate. Tests were done on
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