Grades of adenoidal obstruction; Acomparison of clinical andradiological assessment

Aim: to determine the frequency of cases in which clinical and radiological findings detect the same grade of adenoidal obstruction in children. results: one hundred and fifty children,115 male and 35female,aged up to 15 years were enrolled. the clinical symptomatology scores correlated significantly with radiological assessment of nasopharyngeal airway obstruction (r=0.419; p=<0.001). the correlation was significant at radiological assessment of minimal obstruction (p<0.05) and severe obstruction (p<0.001). conclusion: clinical assessment of adenoidal symptoms in children provides a reasonably reliable assessment of presence and severity of nasopharyngeal airway obstruction. this technique of assessment is easy to use and is particularly valid when obstruction is either mild or severe.