Reversible cardio-pulmonary changes due to adeno-tonsilar hypertrophy.
Adeno-tonsillar hypertrophy, with signs of upper airway obstruction is a common presentation in ENT clinics. Recently it is identified as a major cause of sleep apnea syndrome. Several isolated case reports of pulmonary hypertension and corpulmonale appeared in the literature. The authors report two such children aged less than 2 years with cardio-pulmonary changes occurring secondary to chronic adeno-tonsillar hypertrophy that were successfully treated with the surgical removal.
Ramakrishna
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Department of ENT, Ibri Regional Referral Hospital, P.B. No. 46, P.C. 516, Sultanate of Oman, Oman.
Ingle
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Patel
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Bhat
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Dada
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Shah
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Murty
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D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000150:complications*; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome