Open-mouth versus closed-mouth radiographs of the nasopharynx in the evaluation of nasopharyngeal airway obstruction.
The open-mouth and closed-mouth nasopharyngeal airway radiographs of 53 children, whose symptomatology score was concordant with nasopharyngeal airway obstruction that may be due to adenoidal enlargement, were taken and, for each radiograph, nasopharyngeal airway/soft palate (NA/SP) ratio was measured and graded using the method of Cohen and Konak. According to the statistical analysis, since closed-mouth views correlated better with the symptomatology score than the open-mouth views, if a radiological measurement is needed to evaluate the nasopharyngeal airway obstruction, closed-mouth views can be chosen.
Apaydin
F Demir
FD
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Turkey. fdapaydin@e-kolay.net
Ozgür
Anil
A
Yildiz
Altan
A
Kuyucu
Semanur
S
Duce
Meltem Nass
MN
Ozer
Caner
C
Kanik
Arzu
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000502:physiology*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography / Q000379:methods*