title: Relationship between sinusitis and adenoid size in pediatric age group.
abstract: 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."
authors.affiliation: Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Ankara Atatürk Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A Sami
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Berçin
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ural
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kutluhan
authors.forename: Veysel
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yurttaş
mesh_terms: 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