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This study was carried out to measure the volume of the palatine tonsil in otorhinolaryngology outpatients with complaints of adenotonsillar hypertrophy and chronic tonsillitis who had undergone tonsillectomy. To date, no study has investigated palatine tonsil volume using different methods and compared with subjective tonsil size in the literature. For this purpose, we used three different methods to measure palatine tonsil volume. The correlation of each parameter with tonsil size was assessed. After tonsillectomy, palatine tonsil volume was measured by Archimedes, Cavalieri and Ellipsoid methods. Mean right–left palatine tonsil volumes were calculated as 2.63 ± 1.34 cm3 and 2.72 ± 1.51 cm3 by the Archimedes method, 3.51 ± 1.48 cm3 and 3.37 ± 1.36 cm3 by the Cavalieri method, and 2.22 ± 1.22 cm3 and 2.29 ± 1.42 cm3 by the Ellipsoid method, respectively. Excellent agreement was found among the three methods of measuring volumetric techniques according to Bland–Altman plots. In addition, tonsil grade was correlated significantly with tonsil volume.
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We wish to thank, Prof. Dr. Erdogan Unur, Prof. Dr. Harun Ulger, Prof. Dr. Kenan Aycan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kazım Ziya Gümüş, for skilful technical assistance.
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Sağıroğlu, A., Acer, N., Okuducu, H. et al. Palatine tonsil volume estimation using different methods after tonsillectomy. Anat Sci Int 92, 500–508 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-016-0350-1
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