The incidence of allergic diseases is increasing every day. Many studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between many diseases and the presence of atopy. However, there is not enough publication about the presence of atopy and a similar relationship between tonsil diseases. The aim of this study was to determine how hypertrophic, recurrent / chronic tonsils are affected by the presence of atopy. Study was conducted by produced from the thesis of Atopy Prevalence in Hypertrophic Tonsil and Recurrent / Chronic Tonsillitis Children. This study was carried out in Azerbaijan, Neriman Nerimanov Medical University, Department of Ear-Nose-Throat, on the children under the age of 15 years (minimum 2, largest 15 years, mean age 6.3). Tonsillectomy was diagnosed as recurrent / chronic tonsillitis or tonsillar hypertrophy and the first 50 patients were included in the study group and discussed with the literature. In our study, the presence of atopy in 50 children between the ages of 2-15 with tonsillar hypertrophy and recurrent / chronic tonsillitis was investigated. In 27 patients with advanced hypertrophic tendencies 7 (25.9%), in 23 patients with recurrent / chronic tonsillitis, atopy was detected in 1 (4.3%) and the difference was statistically significant. Serum total IgE levels were higher in patients with hypertrophic tonsil than patients with recurrent / chronic tonsillitis. This difference seems to be related to the high atopy rate seen in the hypertrophic tonsil group. As a result of these evaluations, it can be predicted that atopic patients may have hypertrophy in tonsils and atopy may be present in patients with tonsillar hypertrophy. Thus, tonsils may be one of the allergic organs such as lower respiratory tract, nose, skin, eye.
Key words: Hypertrophic tonsil, recurrent-chronic tonsillitis, atopy
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