Torus Tubarius Hypertrophy After Adenoidectomy. 2023

Zhi-Pan Teng, and Qi Li, and Xiao-Fei Shen
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, PR China.

Backgrounds: Adenoidectomy is widely used to cure sleep-disordered breathing symptoms in children, torus tubarius hypertrophy (TTH) after adenoidectomy causing recurred snoring, sleep apnea, nasal obstruction, or mouth breathing was rarely reported, and the causes of TTH are still unclear. Objectives: To report a rare complication TTH after adenoidectomy, and the features of TTH. Material and Methods: A total of 36 pediatric patients with TTH diagnosed by our hospital from January 2017 to 2023 were included in this study. All children were treated conservatively for a month at first, and 13 patients underwent partial resection of TTH. The influencing factors (sex, age, allergic rhinitis [AR], and first operation way) were analyzed. Results: There were 36 patients with TTH: 27 boys and 9 girls. The age of the first operation ranged from 20 to 63 months, and the interval time of TTH after operation ranged from 3 to 55 months. Thirteen patients underwent partial resection of TTH. Thirteen children had definite symptoms and signs of AR. Conclusions and Significance: TTH is a rare complication after adenoidectomy, which is common in male children (75.0%) and in patients who took adenoidectomy before the age of 5 years (94.4%). TTH can occur as early as 3 months after adenoidectomy. AR and the operation way might have relationships with TTH.

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