Nasopharyngeal cephalometrics

• Published in: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 266 - 271
• Main Authors: Poole, Morris N., Engel, Gary A., Chaconas, Spiro J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.1980
• Subjects: Adenoidectomy; Adenoids - anatomy & histology; Adolescent; Airway Obstruction - pathology; Cephalometry; Child; Dentistry; Female; Humans; Male; Nasopharynx - anatomy & histology

A sample of 104 patients, males and females between the ages of 6 and 16 years, was studied. The sample included patients with clinically diagnosed nasopharyngeal obstruction, patients with no obstruction, and a random sample of patients for whom the presence or absence of obstruction was not known....