<原著>小児と成人の扁桃誘発試験成績の比較

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The tonsillar provocation test is usually applied as a diagnostic examination for tonsillitis. While the disease has been mostly found in children, only a few have been reported on the cases of adult tonsillitis. The number of cases of adult tonsillitis is, however, increasing. In this study the ultrasonic provocation tests were performed on 94 cases with tonsillitis (child group, 42 cases ; adult group, 52 cases). The disease is classified into habitual tonsillitis and tonsillitis caused by focal infection. Then the adult group suffering from habitual tonsillitis was further divided into two groups according to the age of first affection of tonsillitis (one group affected in childhood and the other group affected in adulthood). Changes gained after provocation were studied in each group (two groups divided according to age and two groups divided according to disease) ; the t-test was used to determine significant difference. Body temperature change was considerably higher in the child group with habitual tonsillitis than that in the adult group. In comparison with the group contracted in adulthood, intensive changes in T-lymphocytes and slight changes in erythrocyte sedimentation rate were observed in the group contracted in childhood. Moreover, the adult focal infection group showed less change in each provocation test than that show in the child focal infection and the adult habitual tonsillitis groups.
近畿大学の論文
1986-06-25