Adult patients undergoing surgery for oto-rhinologic symptoms and children undergoing adenoidectomy, over a 3-years-period, were recorded. These were compared to adult patients undergoing adenoidectomy during the same period. The schedule to establish the diagnosis of adenoids in adults was mentioned. Adenoids in adults constituted 20.24% of all cases undergoing adenoidectomy, 12.54% of adult patients presenting with nasal symptoms necessitating surgery, ... Read more

The surfactant system of the nose was examined biochemically in control cases and compared to cases of primary atrophic rhinitis. The study group included 25 cases with primary atrophic rhinitis compared to 10 normal volunteers. Biochemical analysis of the nasal aspirate in these cases revealed the presence of phospholipids constituting surfactant with phosphatidylcholine constituting 75.35 per cent of the total ... Read more