TY - JOUR ID - TI - Adenoids in Adults : A Rare Cause of Nasal Obstruction الادينويد عند البالغين : سبب نادر لانسداد الانف AU - Ahmed Nasrat Al-Juboori احمد نصرت الجبوري PY - 2005 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 19 EP - 21 JO - Al- Anbar Medical Journal مجلة الأنبار الطبية SN - 27066207 26643154 AB - adults . Patients and methods : Retrospective study of six adult patients suffering from nasal obstruction found to have enlarged adenoids . The diagnosis were made in different ways . some were diagnosed preliminary by complete ear , nose and throat examination and lateral skull radiography , others by accidental finding during operations for septal and sinuses pathology , the above patients adenoidectomy was performed . the remaining one patient, excisional biopsy was done for postnasal space mass provisionally diagnosed angiofibroma by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the nasopharynx .There was an allergic rhinitis in some patients proved by skin test .Results : Out of six patients aged between 18 – 35 years with enlarged adenoids, two patients diagnosed preoperatively, another three patients with enlarged adenoids found accidentally during operations for septal and sinuses pathology . The remaining one patient, excisional biopsy was performed for the postnasal space mass provisionally diagnosed angiofibroma. Four patients out of the total number had evidence of allergic rhinitis .Conclusion : Although it is rare, enlarged should be considered in the differ entail diagnosis of adult suffering from nasal obstruction .

الهدف من الدراسة : لبيان ان تضخم الادينويد هو إحدى الأسباب لانسداد الانف عند البالغين .دراسة استعدادية اجريت على ستة مرضى بالغين كانوا يعانون من انسداد الانف , وتبين ان السبب هو تضخم آخرون تم التشخيص بصورة عرضية اثناء عمليات جراحية للحاجز الأنفي والجيوب الأنفية , اما بالنسبة للمريض الاخير فقد تم تشخيص تضخم الادينويد بعد اخذ خزعة استئصالية لورم اشتبه بواسطة فحص المفراس والرنين المغناطيسي انه ورم دموي ليفي . ER -