Stearns M
J Laryngol Otol. 1983 Jun;97(6):519-21. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100094482.
Nearly 70 per cent of contemporary ENT consultants perform adenoidectomy as a routine when removing the tonsils. It has been stated in the literature that adenoid and tonsillar hypertrophy tend to co-exist and so a study was set up to investigate this hypothesis, with the possibility that it may be of diagnostic importance. A series of 45 children admitted for the operations of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy was investigated. No correlation was found between adenoid weight and tonsil weight. In view of this, it was concluded that tonsil and adenoid hypertrophy do not necessarily co-exist and that tonsil size cannot be used to predict adenoid size.
近70%的当代耳鼻喉科顾问在切除扁桃体时会常规进行腺样体切除术。文献中指出腺样体和扁桃体肥大往往并存，因此开展了一项研究来调查这一假设，因为这可能具有诊断意义。对45名因扁桃体切除术和腺样体切除术入院的儿童进行了一系列调查。未发现腺样体重量与扁桃体重量之间存在相关性。鉴于此，得出的结论是扁桃体和腺样体肥大不一定并存，扁桃体大小不能用于预测腺样体大小。
