自古以来，人们一直认为咽扁桃体肥大常见于3－8岁的儿童，且多数认为门岁开始萎缩，至青春时则基本消失。自鼻内窥镜问世以来，我们自1996－1998年使其应用于临床，在检查治疗中发现成人鼻咽部有很多很高的腺样体。因此，我们对1996－1998年133例患者用鼻内窥镜进行检查（鼻咽 Since ancient times, people have always believed that pharyngeal tonsils are common in children 3-8 years of age, and most think that after the age of onset began to shrink until the youth basically disappeared. Since the advent of nasal endoscopy, we have been applying it to the clinic since 1996-1998. During the examination and treatment, we found that there are many very tall adenoids in the nasopharynx of adults. Therefore, we examined nasal endoscopy in 133 patients from 1996 to 1998 (nasopharynx