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Pharyngeal tonsil

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The adenoids are situated on the posterior wall of the nasopharynx in young children.

They begin to atrophy at about 6 years of age and have disappeared completely by the age of about 15.

However if a young child - between 1 and 4 years - suffers recurrent upper respiratory tract infection they may hypertrophy and become symptomatic because of consequent nasal and eustachian tube obstruction.

Treatment if indicated is adenoidectomy

Notes:

  • lymphoid tissue known as the adenoids or the pharyngeal tonsils occupies the posterosuperior surface of the nasopharynx and is part of a larger collection of lymphoid tissue known as Waldeyer's ring.

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