title: [Clinical analysis of 20 cases of adenoidal hypertrophy in adult].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the diagnosis and properly treatment to the adult adenoidal hypertrophy.
  
  
  METHODS
  To do nasal endoscopic and pathologic exam to all the 20 symptomatic patients before conservative or operative treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of exam under endoscope were that 8 patients were hypertrophy I, 8 hypertrophy II, 4 hypertrophy III. Pathologic exam: 7 acute and chronic inflammation, 13 chronic inflammation with hyperplasia.
  
  
  METHODS
  10 of them received conservative treatment all have negative result. 6 received traditional operation, 2 of them reoccurred within 1 year. 4 received adenoidectomy and microwave treatment under nasal endoscope, all have good result in the next 1 year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some adults have different sizes of adenoidal hypertrophy. This hypertrophy is different with children's under the pathologic microscope. Operative treatment especially the nasal endoscopic adenoidectomy and microwave treatment is a safe and effective method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300211.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged