鼻咽腔由於解剖位置較隱密,醫師不易直接觀察;所以該處疾病多因未能早期診斷而延誤治療。例如我國成人常見的鼻咽癌,幼兒易患的腺樣體肥大症,經常為臨床醫師所忽略。 從1986年7月1993年1月,共有524例於本診所接受鼻菸照像及錄影檢查。發現在成人鼻咽鏡檢查,以經口到達鼻咽腔為優先,小兒雖較不合作,可用2.7mm或4mm的內視鏡,由鼻腔到達鼻咽腔檢查。這些檢查比傳統的前後鼻鏡檢查,不但簡便、清晰,資料也更易完整保存。
Sometimes lesions of the nasopharynx can not be easily detected only by stand-ard rhinoscopy, because of the illumination difficulty in obtaining this. Delaying diag-nosis and inadequate treatment of nasopha-ryngeal lesions are not uncommonly encountered. Nasopharyngeal tumors in adults and adenoid vegetation in pediatric poopulation are common in our country. They are usually neglected by general ENT reactitioners. A total of 524 cases were collected with the regid nasopharyngoscope and video-tape recording from July 1986 to January 1993. In adult patients, transoral approach is relatively simple to examine the nasopharynx. On the contrary, in unco-operative adult patients and pediatric patients, we can achieve it by intranasak approach. Photographic docymenation and video-tape recording are easily accomplished with rigid fiberoptic nasopharyngoscoper. We can get more information better than the conventional examination. Some inter-esting poctures of the nasopharynx are presented in this communication.