The role of enlarged adenoids in the aetiology of serous otitis media.
The size of the adenoid in a series of children with middle ear fluid was compared radiologically with the size of the adenoid in a series of age and sex-matched children who had sustained a head injury. There was no significant difference in the size of the adenoid in the 2 series of children. This therefore casts doubt on the role of enlarged adenoids in the aetiology of serous otitis media in the majority of children with this condition.
D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000234:Adenoids / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009929:Organ Size; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000209:etiology*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography