[Clinical features and surgical treatment of chronic tonsillitis in patients with thyroid diseases].

Out of 715 patients with thyroid disorders chronic tonsillitis was detected in 23.8, 35.5, 43.1, 45.7 and 52.1% of patients with euthyroid goiter, hypothyroidism, autoimmune thyroidism, subacute strumitis and diffuse toxic goiter, respectively. In hyperthyroidism chronic tonsillitis ran with severe clinical symptoms, in hypothyroidism it took a latent course. Tonsillectomy was performed in 118 patients. In patients with diffuse toxic goiter and subacute strumitis there was abnormal intraoperative bleeding and postoperative pharyngeal reactions, in those with autoimmune thyroidism and hypothyroidism reparative activity was low. Timely tonsillectomy favourably influences the course of thyroid diseases and prevents goiter recurrence after its surgical treatment.