IMAGING SCIENCE AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY ›› 2022, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (6): 1617-1620.DOI: 10.7517/issn.1674-0475.220713

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Diagnosis of Adenoid Hypertrophy in Children by Nasopharyngeal CT and Its Correlation with SIL-2R

WANG Hongjing1, YE Yusheng2, JIANG Wenting1   

  1. 1. Department of Imaging, Shangrao People's Hospital, Shangrao 334000, Jiangxi, P. R. China;
    2. Department of Otolaryngology, Shangrao People's Hospital, Shangrao 334000, Jiangxi, P. R. China
  • Received:2022-07-14 Online:2022-11-23 Published:2022-11-15

Abstract: This study analyzed the diagnosis of adenoid hypertrophy in children by nasopharyngeal CT and its correlation with soluble interleukin-2 receptor (SIL-2R). A total of 155 children with suspected adenoid hypertrophy were selected as the research objects. Among them, 80 children with adenoid hypertrophy confirmed by nasopharyngeal endoscopy were selected as the study group, and 75 children with non-adenoid hypertrophy were selected as the control group. Compared with the children in the control group, the ratio of adenoids to nasopharynx (A/N) in the children in the study group was higher (P<0.05). Compared with children with first degree hypertrophy, children with second degree and third degree hypertrophy had higher adenoid thickness, adenoid A/N value, and higher expression level of sIL-2R (P<0.05). Compared with children with degree Ⅱ hypertrophy, children with degree Ⅲ hypertrophy had higher adenoid thickness, adenoid A/N value, and higher expression level of sIL-2R (P<0.05). Adenoid thickness, adenoid A/N value were positively correlated with the expression level of sIL-2R (P<0.05). Nasopharyngeal CT has a high value in the diagnosis of adenoid hypertrophy in children and has a certain correlation with sIL-2R, which can be used for the diagnosis of adenoid hypertrophy in children.

Key words: adenoid hypertrophy in children, CT of nasopharynx, soluble interleukin-2 receptor, diagnostic value