Crombie I K, Barr G
Department of Community Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee.
J R Soc Med. 1990 Jan;83(1):20-1. doi: 10.1177/014107689008300110.
To investigate whether tonsillar size was related to human morphology, age or duration of disease, 100 consecutive patients undergoing tonsillectomy for recurrent tonsillitis were investigated. The lengths, widths and volumes of each resected tonsil were measured and compared with patient characteristics ascertained on the day before surgery. The volume of tonsillar tissue was directly related to height (p = 0.46, P less than 0.001) and weight (p = 0.45, P less than 0.001) and age, but at any age (or body size) there was a wide range of tonsil size. A weak inverse relationship was found with the duration of recurrent tonsillitis. Tonsil size is of no relevance in the assessment of recurrent tonsillitis or adenoid hypertrophy.
为了研究扁桃体大小是否与人体形态、年龄或疾病持续时间有关，我们对100例因复发性扁桃体炎接受扁桃体切除术的连续患者进行了调查。测量了每个切除扁桃体的长度、宽度和体积，并与手术前一天确定的患者特征进行了比较。扁桃体组织的体积与身高（p = 0.46，P < 0.001）、体重（p = 0.45，P < 0.001）和年龄直接相关，但在任何年龄（或体型），扁桃体大小都有很大差异。发现与复发性扁桃体炎的持续时间呈弱负相关。扁桃体大小在评估复发性扁桃体炎或腺样体肥大方面无关紧要。
