%0 Journal Article
%T Clinical presentation, radiographic findings, and treatment outcomes in children with adenoid hypertrophy in a paediatric outpatient clinic in Enugu, Nigeria.
%A Ohuche IO
%A Iloanusi NI
%A Dike CM
%A Chime EN
%J Ghana Med J
%V 57
%N 3
%D 2023 Sep
%M 38957679
暂无%R 10.4314/gmj.v57i3.7
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>To determine the clinical presentation, imaging features and outcomes of children with adenoid hypertrophy in our setting.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A retrospective study.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The paediatric clinic of a private hospital in Enugu.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>51 children, aged 2 to 108 months, with suggestive clinical features and radiographic report of adenoid hypertrophy who presented over 3 years.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Clinical information was obtained from the patient's medical records. Data was analysed for the clinical characteristics of the patients, the relationship between the degree of airway narrowing on a postnasal space (PNS) radiograph and treatment outcomes.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Degree of airway narrowing as measured on a PNS radiograph, the type of and outcomes of treatment.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>There was an almost equal male (54.7%): female (45.1%) ratio in the occurrence of adenoid hypertrophy, with a mean age of occurrence of 31.50 ± 3.64 months. Noisy breathing was the commonest symptom (94.1%); history of atopic rhinitis in 64.7% of cases and hyperactive airway disease in 45.1% more than 50% of cases with airway narrowing resolved with medical management only.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Adenoid hypertrophy should be considered in evaluating the upper airway in children under five. Paediatricians should be conversant with diagnosing and managing this common cause of upper airway obstruction.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>None declared.