Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: A Rare Chronic Disease, Difficult to Treat, with Potential to Lung Cancer Transformation: Apropos of Two Cases and a Brief Literature Review

Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), which is caused exclusively by human papilloma virus (HPV), is a rare condition characterized by recurrent growth of benign papillomata in the respiratory tract. The papillomata can occur anywhere in the aerodigestive tract but most frequently in the laryn...

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Main Authors: Stamatis Katsenos, Heinrich D. Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2011-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/327094