Table 1. Description of the endoscopic grading system (Parikh and ACE grading)

Grading system
Parikh grading
 1 No contact
 2 Contact with torus tubarius
 3 Contact with torus tubarius, vomer
 4 Contact with Torus tubarius, vomer, soft palate
ACE grading
 A Adenoid volume to the size of nasopharynx
 0 No adenoids
 1 1% to 25%
 2 26% to 50%
 3 51% to 75%
 4 76% to 100%
 C Relation of adenoid to the choana
 0 No obstruction
 1 <50%
 2 ≥50%
 E Relation of adenoid to the ET
 0 Not abutting
 1 Abutting
ET : eustachian tube