Relationship between sinusitis and adenoid size in pediatric age group.
OBJECTIVE
We sought to examine the relationship between adenoid volume and the stage of rhinosinusitis, as well as the relationship between age and adenoid size.


METHODS
Forty-two children complaining of nasal discharge, whose paranasal sinus computed tomographic scans had been obtained, were involved in the study. The patients with adenoid enlargement underwent adenoidectomy. The volumes of adenoid vegetation were measured in square centimeters, and paranasal sinus computed tomographic scans were classified according to the Lund-Mackay staging system.


RESULTS
No statistically significant difference existed between patients whose Lund-Mackay scores were 0 and those with scores greater than 0. There seems to be no correlation between the Lund-Mackay score and the degree of adenoid vegetation.


CONCLUSIONS
Adenoid vegetation may cause nasal discharge that is not necessarily due to sinusitis. We could not find any supportive data for the statement "The greater the adenoid tissue, the more extensive the sinusitis."
Berçin
A Sami
AS
Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Ankara Atatürk Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ural
Ahmet
A
Kutluhan
Ahmet
A
Yurttaş
Veysel
V
D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed