Sapin M R, Muragzamova G M
Arkh Anat Gistol Embriol. 1989 Jan;96(1):68-72.
The tubal tonsil (TT) has been investigated in 60 preparations of the auditory tube (right and left), obtained from 30 corpses of persons at various age, those died from traumas and having neither any pathological changes in their acoustic organs, nor chronic inflammatory diseases by the time of death. The TT is presented as a solid or interrupted lymphoid tissue plate, situating in the mucosal membrane in the area of the pharyngeal opening to some extent in the inferior, posterior and anterior walls of the auditory tube. In newborns the TT is presented as a diffuse lymphoid tissue, where lymphoid nodules begin to form. The greatest amount of the lymphoid nodules in the TT are revealed in the infantile age and this sign is kept during subsequent age periods, including the first period of mature age. During these age periods on the surface of the mucosal membrane in the area of the pharyngeal opening numerous small eminences are seen--tubercles, corresponding in their position to lymphoid nodules under them. Beginning from the second mature period and up to old age the amount and size of the lymphoid nodules in the TT decreases. At that time on the surface of the mucosal membranes in the area of TT only single tubercles are revealed.
对60份取自30具不同年龄段尸体的咽鼓管（左右）标本进行了研究，这些尸体均死于外伤，生前听觉器官无任何病理变化，也无慢性炎症性疾病。咽鼓管扁桃体（TT）表现为一块实性或间断性的淋巴组织板，位于咽鼓管咽口区域的黏膜内，在咽鼓管的下壁、后壁和前壁均有一定程度的分布。在新生儿中，TT表现为弥漫性淋巴组织，此时淋巴小结开始形成。TT中淋巴小结数量最多的时候出现在婴儿期，并且这一特征在随后的年龄段，包括成年早期都保持着。在这些年龄段，在咽口区域的黏膜表面可见许多小隆起——小结节，其位置与下方的淋巴小结相对应。从成年中期开始直至老年，TT中淋巴小结的数量和大小均减少。此时，在TT区域的黏膜表面仅可见单个小结节。
