Clinical features
These patients are often described as "adenoidal".
Features may result from nasal obstruction:
- mouth breathing
- recurrent pharyngeal infection
- recurrent chest infection
- chronic sinusitis
- snoring
- possible sleep apnoea
Features may result from eustachian tube obstruction:
- recurrent acute otitis media
- glue ear
- chronic suppurative otitis media
On examination the adenoids appear enlarged and pale.
Reference
- Niedzielski A et al. Adenoid hypertrophy in children: a narrative review of pathogenesis and clinical relevance. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2023 Apr;7(1)
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