Analysis of chronic pathology of the pharynx according to the results of pathohistological findings

Objective. To analyze the incidence of lymphoid structures of the pharynx among the adult population during the period from January 2021 to August 2022 in three nosological forms: chronic decompensated tonsillitis (CDT), hypertrophy of pharyngeal tonsils (HPT), hypertrophy of lingual tonsillitis (HLT). To determine the relationship of the above pathology between the age and sex of patients at the present stage. To evaluate the role of mycobiota in the structure of pharyngeal morbidity.Materials and methods. The object of the study was 96 patients with chronic pathology of the lymphoid structures of the pharynx aged from 17 to 70 years, who were on inpatient treatment at the Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital (GRCH) during the period from January 2021 to August 2022. All patients underwent surgical intervention followed by an assessment of the pathohistological conclusions of postoperative samples of pharyngeal lymphatic formations. The patients were divided into 3 nosological study groups: CDT; HPT; HLT. Statistical data processing was performed using software: MS Excel and the programming language for statistical data analysis R (version 4.2.1), packages tidyverse (version 1.3.1), rstatix (version 0.7.0), ggstatsplot (version 0.9.5).Results. The study revealed the most common nosological groups among patients with pathology of the pharyngeal lymphatic ring of Pirogov-Waldeyer: CDT (44%) and HPT (38%). A significant difference was revealed between the incidence rates of pathology of the Pirogov-Waldeyer pharyngeal lymphatic ring in the study age groups from 17 to 25 years (p=0.0008); from 26 to 35 years (p=0.0021); 56 years and older (p=0.008). The median age of patients in the study group was 35 years (LQ 24.0; UQ 48.5), whereas in some nosological forms: CDT – 30 years (LQ 23.0; UQ 41.0), namely 28 years among women and 36 years among men; HРT – 32.5 years (LQ 24.0; UQ 43.25), namely 34.5 years among women and 31.5 years among men; HLT – 57 years (LQ 49.0; UQ 63.0), and it is 56.5 years among women and 57 years among men. Morphological examination revealed only 2 (2%) cases of mycotic lesions of the removed lymphoid masses.Conclusion. The relationship between the pathology of lymphoid structures of the pharynx in three nosological forms (CDT, HPT, HLT) and the age of patients was revealed. The role of mycobiota in the overall study group in the structure of pharyngeal morbidity at the present stage was evaluated.