[Clinicomorphological characteristics of the soft palate in patients with chronic ronchopathy].
Clinicomorphological study of soft palate structures in patients with chronic ronchopathy defines the following pathological processes: hypertrophy of the soft palate resultant from a marked stromal edema, overproduction of collagenic fibers, stromal lipomatosis, disturbance of lymphatic circulation, damage to myocytes affecting impairment of contractile and tonic processes in the soft palatine muscles. The above morphological alterations may be caused by previous inflammation in soft palate tissue and the tonsils. Hypertrophic, baggy, atonic soft palate narrows the airways at the level of the soft palate.
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D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology; D012913:Snoring / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery