title: A study on the relationship between adenoid vegetation and rhinosinusitis.
abstract: The relationship between adenoidal-nasopharyngeal ratios (AN ratios) and sinusitis were evaluated in 404 children. The AN ratios of children with snoring, mouth breathing, or nasal obstruction (major symptoms of adenoidal enlargement) were significantly higher than those of children without these symptoms. However, the AN ratios of children with sinusitis were almost equal to those of normal children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsune
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ushikai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohyama
mesh_terms: D000234:Adenoids / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000293:Adolescent; D000403:Airway Resistance; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*