Comparative clinicopathological aspects of chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis in children

Vol. 61 No. 3, 2020

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Stefanita Bianca Vintilescu, Elena Ionita, Alex Emilian Stepan, Cristiana Eugenia Simionescu, Marius Matei, Mioara Desdemona Stepan, Cristina Adriana Becheanu, Elena Carmen Niculescu

Chronic palatal and nasopharyngeal inflammations are common lesions in pediatric pathology, with major effects on children s development. The study included 34 cases of chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis for which we quantified immunohistochemically and analyzed the distribution of inflammatory elements in the follicular, extrafollicular and epithelial compartments, in relation to the composite histological scores and the clinico-epidemiological profile of the lesions. The cases were more frequent under the age of 10, in female patients, coming from urban areas, with the diagnosis of tonsillitis. B-lymphocytes have been associated with follicular areas in tonsillitis and epithelial areas in adenoiditis. In all compartments, T-lymphocytes were more frequently associated with tonsillitis and plasma cells associated with adenoiditis. Macrophages and dendritic cells had a relatively uniform distribution for the three compartments in all cases. The results obtained indicate different inflammatory phenotypes for chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis, an aspect that may be useful for stratifying patients for optimal therapy.

Corresponding author: Mioara Desdemona Stepan, Lecturer, MD, PhD; e-mail: dstepan80@yahoo.com; Marius Matei, Teaching Assistant, MD, PhD; e-mail: mariusmatei144@gmail.com

DOI: 10.47162/RJME.61.3.28 Download PDF
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