Thorax, Mediastinum, Heart, and Great Vessels: Adenoid Pad

10.1055/b-0034-87954

Thorax, Mediastinum, Heart, and Great Vessels: Adenoid Pad

Material and Methods

The size of the adenoid pad ( Table 6.3 ) was assessed on a mid-sagittal MRI slice in 189 patients (77 male and 112 female); of the total study population, 61 were younger than 20 years (sex differentiation in the subpopulation was not presented). The thickness of the adenoid pad was measured along a line through the pharyngeal tubercle constructed perpendicular to the anterior clival surface ( Fig. 6.4 ).

**Table 6.3 Adenoid pad**
Adenoid size
Age (years)	Number of controls	Mean thickness in mm (SD)	Range
0–3	20	11.9 (3.5)	4.7–18.0
4–6	11	13.3 (5.0)	5.6–23.8
7–10	11	14.6 (4.5)	6.6–22.2
11–15	13	14.4 (2.9)	10.0–18.8
16–20	6	11.4 (4.1)	3.7–15.6
SD, standard deviation.
Reproduced from Vogler RC, Ii FJ, Pilgram TK. Age-specific size of the normal adenoid pad on magnetic resonance imaging. Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci 2000;25:392–395, with permission from John Wiley and Sons.