The diseases of infants and children . and repeated attacks of catarrhal dis- 1 Transac. Med-Chirurg. See, 1870, LIII, 191. Archiv. f. Ohrenheilk., , I, 241;II, 241. 2 Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, 4th Edit. .333. HYPERTROPHY OF THE PHARYNGEAL TONSIL 687 orders of the nose and throat are also factors, although this last oftenerresults from the hj^pertrophy than produces it. Tuberculosis and syphilishave no causative influence; but the possibility of tuberculous changestaking place in the growths and of the entrance of tubercle bacilli intothe system is not to be forgotten. (See Tu
The diseases of infants and children . and repeated attacks of catarrhal dis- 1 Transac. Med-Chirurg. See, 1870, LIII, 191. Archiv. f. Ohrenheilk., , I, 241;II, 241. 2 Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, 4th Edit. .333. HYPERTROPHY OF THE PHARYNGEAL TONSIL 687 orders of the nose and throat are also factors, although this last oftenerresults from the hj^pertrophy than produces it. Tuberculosis and syphilishave no causative influence; but the possibility of tuberculous changestaking place in the growths and of the entrance of tubercle bacilli intothe system is not to be forgotten. (See Tuberculosis, p. 543.) Pathological Anatomy.—The soft adenoid structure resemblingthat of the faucial tonsils, which is normally widespread in the naso-pharynx especially on the posterior wall and the roof, undergoes hyper-trophy and forms masses of varying size (Fig. 236) reaching even that ofa walnut, and attached to the underlying tissue by a broad base. Thesemay more or less completely fill the vault of the pharynx and cut off the.
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