title: Craniofacial skeleton of 7-year-old children with enlarged adenoids.
abstract: In a radiocephalometric study of 7-year-old children, it was found that a diagnostically useful characteristic associated with the presence or past history of enlarged adenoids is a dorsal rotation of the mandibular ramus relative to the palate. This feature may also be common to other obstructions of the nasopharyngeal space. A possible mechanism causing this growth deviation and some methodological problems involved in its detection are discussed.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Tarvonen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koski
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010159:Palate / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012399:Rotation; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*