Abstract
Clinical application of the high and low voltage radiographic examinations in lateral position was made on the children with adenoid.
By this method the accurate degree of hypertrophy was easily obtained without any dis- comfort to patients.
Since the high voltage X-ray film shows a faint shadow of the mandible, it reveals clearer findings of the adenoid than the low voltage X-ray film.
In 100 cases, the results obtained were as follows: small-sized 21%, medium-sized 40%, fairly large-sized 33%, and excessively large-sized 6%.
It may be concluded that the X-ray diagnosis is the most reliable method to examine the adenoids.
