Pendahuluan: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) adalah bagian dari disorder breathing syndrome. Prevalensi OSA pada anak-anak sekitar 3% dengan frekuensi tertinggi usia 3-6 tahun. Penyebab utama hipertrofi tonsil dan adenoid. Metode: Penelitian deskriptif untuk mengetahui kejadian adenoid anak di THT-KL RSUD Dr. Saiful Anwar Malang periode 1 Januari 2015 – 31 Desember 2017. Hasil: Selama tersebut te...

A case of unilateral tonsillar enlargement as a benign hyperplastic reaction to a Hodgkin's lymphoma at level II in the ipsilateral cervical lymph nodes is reported. In the traditional teaching of head and neck surgery, unilateral tonsillar hypertrophy is presumed to be neoplastic until proven otherwise. This case demonstrated that the absence of neoplasia in an enlarged tonsil does not exclude...

INTRODUCTION Adenotonsillectomy is the most common surgery performed by otolaryngologists in pediatric age, and one of the most frequently asked questions about the postoperative period is whether there is a potential for change in vocal pattern of these children. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of adenotonsillectomy in the voice emission pattern of children with hypertrophy of palatine and ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with the development of most anogenital carcinomas, including cervical cancer and, has more recently been suggested to be a risk factor for a subset of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. A 15-year-old female presented with complaints of chronically progressive pain on swallowing. Examination revealed bilateral Grade III tonsillar enlargement with mul...

The anatomical states of the oral cavity and pharynx during mouth breathing in children with adenoid hypertrophy and in adults confirmed the speculation that mouth breathing is disadvantageous compared with nose breathing. In addition, comparison of the anatomical state between wakefulness and sleep in normal adults showed slight depression of the tongue root and slight narrowing of the orophar...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether risks of impaired cognitive function could be predicted for children or groups of children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy who were suspected of having obstructive sleep-disordered breathing, from historical and polysomnographic variables used separately or in combination. METHODS We studied 114 consecutive 6- to 12-year-old childre...