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pharyngeal tonsil

[fə′rin·jē·əl ′tän·səl]
(anatomy)
adenoid
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The exchange of nasal respiratory mode for oral one is quite common in the first years of life due to interfering factors [4], such as organic changes: obstruction of the upper airways (rinitis [5], hypertrophic palatine and/ or pharyngeal tonsils, deviation of septum, among others), or even non-organic changes, due to deleterious habits [2,6].
Speech production assessment of mouth breathing children with hypertrophy of palatines and/or pharyngeal tonsils
Hypertrophic changes in the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity, hypertrophic changes in the pharyngeal tonsil, and anomalies of the intranasal structures were assessed by means of rhino and video endoscopy using endoscopic techniques and endoscopic photography.
Effect of Nasal Obstructive Disorders on Sinonasal Symptoms in Children with Different Levels of Bronchial Asthma Control
Most common site of fishbone impaction is pharyngeal tonsil. While sometimes it produces laceration of mucosa and moves further down the digestive tract due to peristalsis.
DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF INDIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY AND X-RAY NECK IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF FISH BONE IMPACTION IN UPPER AERO DIGESTIVE TRACT
In the study on 62 palatine tonsils and 77 pharyngeal tonsils in 77 children [23], 17 palatine tonsils in 14 children were RUT positive and H.
Helicobacter pylori in Otorhinolaryngology: Cause or Bystander
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