title: The assessment of adenoidal size by radiological means.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of radiology in the assessment of both adenoidal size and the size of the nasopharyngeal airway. There was a good correlation between the preoperative assessment of the size of the adenoid by radiology and the actual size of the adenoid removed at surgery. A method of estimating the size of the nasopharyngeal airway is described. There was a good inverse correlation between the size of the airway and the weight of the adenoid.
mesh_terms: D000234:Adenoids / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009929:Organ Size; D011859:Radiography