<prompt> NOT true for adenoid hyperophy:Mouth breathing is seenHigh arched palate presentThere is failure to thriveCT scan should be done to assess size  <response>: Adenoid hyperophy Enlarged adenoids It is the unusual growth hyperophy of the adenoid tonsil. Firstly described and adenoidectomy performed by the Danish physician Wilhelm Meyer 1824-1895 in Copenhagen in 1868. He described that a long term adenoid hyperophy will cause an obstruction of the nasal airways. These will lead to a dentofacial growth anomaly that was defined as adenoid facies. There is very little lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx of young babies; humans are born without substantial adenoids. 