ผลตรวจหามะเร็งในต่อมทอนซิลของผู้ป่วยที่ตัดต่อมทอนซิลจากข้อบ่งชี้ต่อมทอนซิลอักเสบเรื้อรังและต่อมทอนซิลโตเรื้อรัง

Sitta   Jirakulsomchok

Authors

Sitta Jirakulsomchok -

Keywords:

tonsil, tonsillitis, tonsillar cancer

Abstract

This survey research by retrospective study aimed to investigate the histopathological findings of tonsillar tissues for detecting malignant changes and to examine the association between independent variables and the occurrence of tonsillar cancer. The study population comprised 2,543 patients who underwent tonsillectomy at Kalasin Hospital. Data were retrospectively collected using a structured data record form. Descriptive statistics were applied to calculate frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum values. Inferential statistics were analyzed using the Chi-square test, and the strength of associations was expressed as odds ratio (OR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI). The significance level was set at 0.05.

Results: Among 2,543 patients, 1,277 (50.22%) underwent tonsillectomy, and 39 of these patients (1.53%) were histologically diagnosed with tonsillar cancer. Variables examined—including sex, marital status, educational level, chronic diseases, alcohol consumption, dental caries, income level, chronic tonsillitis, recurrent tonsillitis, chronic hypertrophic tonsillitis, and chronic hypertrophic tonsillitis with adenoid hypertrophy—showed no statistically significant association with the occurrence of tonsillar cancer (p > 0.05).

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