OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the cephalometric pattern of children with and without adenoid obstruction. METHODS The sample comprised 100 children aged between four and 14 years old, both males and females, subjected to cephalometric examination for sagittal and vertical skeletal analysis. The sample also underwent nasofiberendoscopic examination intended to objectively asse...

Chronic otitis media with effusion is an inflammatory process of the mucosa of the middle ear persisting for more than 3 months, being most frequent in infancy, and is correlated with marked tube obstruction. In infancy, the most frequent cause of this obstruction is adenoid hypertrophy and diagnosis, clinical or radiological, is often not confirmed by rhinopharynx fiberendoscopy. Since, in the...

Background: Treatment of adenoid hypertrophy is generally planned in accordance with the degree of airway obstruction and related morbidity. If surgical treatment is indicated, the individual risk/ benefit analysis of patients should be assessed in terms of anesthetic and postoperative complications. Although there are few alternative treatment options, intranasal steroid applications may be co...

UNLABELLED Mouth breathers use the oral cavity as their principal breathing route. The main causes include: adenotonsillar hypertrophy and inflammatory diseases such as allergic rhinitis. OBJECTIVE To look for atopy, the main allergens involved and to check for atopy as a comorbidity with the degree of hypertrophy of the tonsils and adenoids in mouth breathers. METHOD A historical cohort st...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of adynamic lateral neck radiographs and dynamic video rhinoscopy in assessing adenoid size and the relationship of these methods to associated symptoms and thus the severity of the disease. METHODS Children with suspected adenoid hypertrophy underwent standard lateral neck soft tissue radiographs: the percentage of airway occlusion, adenoid to nasopharynx...