title: Value of physical signs in the diagnosis of enlarged adenoids.
abstract: In a series of children due to have surgery on their upper respiratory tracts an assessment of mouth breathing, abnormality on anterior rhinoscopy and size of the adenoid on posterior rhinoscopy was made by 3 observers. All these signs showed poor reproducibility between observers and the size of the adenoid assessed by posterior rhinoscopy showed no significant relationship to the weight of the adenoid subsequently removed.
mesh_terms: D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009058:Mouth Breathing / Q000175:diagnosis; D009929:Organ Size; D010808:Physical Examination