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- Title
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: A Comprehensive Review.
- Authors
Swain, Santosh Kumar; Debta, Priyanka; Samal, Smrutipragnya; Mohanty, Jatindra Nath; Debta, Fakir Mohan; Dani, Anurag
- Abstract
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a benign lesion found in the respiratory airway due to infection of human papillomatosis virus (HPV). RRP can affects children to young adults. Most of the pediatric occur at birth which contaminated from birth canals of the mother. In adult patients, the infections transmitted via sexual route. The sores are frequently observed as exophytic knobs, for the most part in the larynx and some of the time at the tracheobronchial trees nasopharynx and lung parenchyma. The disease is frequently random and differ from spontaneous reduction to aggressive importunate or recurrence in nature. Although it is a rare happening, RRP has chance for malignant transformation to squamous cell carcinoma. The diagnosis is confirmed by histopathological examination. Hence, no specific treatment for RRP available till date. Along with several adjuvant therapies, surgery is the eventual treatment option.
- Subjects
YOUNG adults; CELL transformation; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; MOTHERS; PAPILLOMAVIRUSES
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 9, p1608
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5958/0976-5506.2019.02682.2