Ophthalmological examination, presence of skeletal involvements,
adenoidal hypertrophy, hearing loss, organomegaly, pulmonary and cardiovascular complications, and surgical histories were noted.
The most common causes of OSAHS in children include tonsil hypertrophy,
adenoidal hypertrophy, macroglossia, obesity, chronic rhinitis and deviation of nasal septum (5,6).
reported that the IgA and IgM levels of children with
adenoidal hypertrophy surpassed those of normal ones.
Mechanical/structural causes of nasal obstruction range from foreign bodies to anatomical variations including nasal polyps, a deviated septum,
adenoidal hypertrophy, foreign bodies, and tumors.
Snoring in children may be a sign of
adenoidal hypertrophy.
Nicolai, "Long-term follow-up of children undergoing topical intranasal steroid therapy for
adenoidal hypertrophy," International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, vol.
Detection of
adenoidal hypertrophy using acoustic rhinomanometry.
However, the improved symptoms may help ease a child through the years when adenoidectomy is more likely to occur into the period when
adenoidal hypertrophy may resolve naturally.
However, the improvement in symptoms may help ease a child through the years when adenoidectomy is more likely to occur into the period when
adenoidal hypertrophy may resolve naturally.
This orifice may be obstructed by
adenoidal hypertrophy, choanal polyps, or neoplasms; such an obstruction can result in serous otitis media.
When tonsillar and
adenoidal hypertrophy is the cause of the obstruction, either specific tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy may be helpful.
WORK-UP: The patient's past medical history revealed numerous infectious and immunologic problems, including mild varicella as a preschooler, follicular hyperplasia,
adenoidal hypertrophy, splenomegaly, a goiter and hypothyroidism associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, multiple episodes of otitis media necessitating several myringotomies, and infectious mononucleosis.