Cao Ying, Sun Lei, Li XiaoPeng, Zhang Qi, Gao Yue, Wang Hua
Ultrasound Medicine Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Ultrasound Medicine Department, Ankang Central Hospital, Ankang, China.
J Clin Ultrasound. 2025 Mar-Apr;53(3):436-444. doi: 10.1002/jcu.23882. Epub 2024 Nov 5.
To explore the ultrasonic image characteristics of palatine tonsils in healthy children and the factors affecting image quality.
A total of 750 images of palatine tonsils were collected from 375 healthy children. According to ultrasonic image quality, the images were divided into three groups. Both systemic and local factors were analyzed among the different groups.
The palatine tonsils showed quasi-circular or flat oval, low echo or light and dark band arrangement, a striped medium echo, and a clear boundary. Age, height, weight, body mass index, body surface area, distance from the skin to the posterior margin of the tonsils, thickness of the anterior soft tissue of the tonsils, and thickness of the anterior submandibular gland of the tonsils were significantly different among the different image quality groups (p < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that height, weight, thickness of the anterior soft tissue of the tonsils, and thickness of the anterior submandibular gland of the tonsils were independent factors affecting the quality of the ultrasonic images of the palatine tonsils.
There are characteristic ultrasonic image manifestations of the palatine tonsils. Tonsil ultrasound image quality is affected by individual and local factors.
探讨健康儿童腭扁桃体的超声图像特征及影响图像质量的因素。
收集375例健康儿童的750幅腭扁桃体图像。根据超声图像质量将图像分为三组。对不同组间的全身因素和局部因素进行分析。
腭扁桃体呈类圆形或扁平椭圆形，低回声或明暗相间带排列，有条状中等回声，边界清晰。不同图像质量组间的年龄、身高、体重、体重指数、体表面积、皮肤至扁桃体后缘距离、扁桃体前软组织厚度、扁桃体前下颌下腺厚度差异有统计学意义（p＜0.05）。多因素logistic回归分析显示，身高、体重、扁桃体前软组织厚度、扁桃体前下颌下腺厚度是影响腭扁桃体超声图像质量的独立因素。
腭扁桃体有特征性的超声图像表现。扁桃体超声图像质量受个体因素和局部因素影响。
