Objective::This review aims to discuss the basic anatomy and physiology of the palatine and pharyngeal tonsils,with reference to how this foundational understanding may affect patient management and surgical procedure...
supported by a grant from the Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Incubating Program(No.PX2020053).
To the Editor:Sleep-disordered breathing(SDB)is a health problem affecting approximately 12%of children in China,[1]characterized by habitual loud snoring and increased respiratory effort.Increased upper airway resist...
Importance: Hypertrophy of the pharyngeal and palatine tonsils can interfere with breathing, physical and cognitive development, and quality of life, including sleep quality. There are important relationships between ...
Background: Adenoid hypertrophy (AH) is associated with pediatric chronic rhinosinusitis (pCRS), but its role in the inflammatory process of pCRS is unclear. It is thought that innate immunity gene expression is ...
supported by China Scholarship Council,Sci-Tech Development Program of Guangdong Province(2011B061300050);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(1lykpy41);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81372274)
Introduction:Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) sporadically develop abnormal adenoids.Nasopharyngeal adenoids are usually included in the gross tumor volume(GTV) but may have different therapeutic responses ...