扁桃体肿大是一种咽扁桃体不正常肿大的疾病，是临床中较为常见的疾病之一，该疾病多病发于儿童群体．主要是儿童在年龄因素的影响下，其身体抵抗力和免疫力相对低下。
例如在儿童中，扁桃体肿大会在儿童睡眠时阻碍他们的呼吸。
In children, for example, enlarged tonsils in the throat can interfere with breathing as they sleep.
临床特点有发热、咽痛、扁桃体肿大，肺纹理增强，白细胞升高以中性粒细胞升高为主。
Clinical characteristics included fever, pharyngalgia, swelling of tonsil, increased lung marking and increase in leucocytes and neutrophils.
咽扁桃体的肥大称为腺状肿大。
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