We described here a case of a 43-year-old male who developed confluent and reticulated papillomatosis (CRP). The patient was found to be slightly obese and had no family history of such eruption. Numerous small red-brown erythemas were scattered over a wide area of the back and, in many areas, the erythemas coalesced and formed a reticular pattern. The eruptions appeared 10 days prior to the in...

Papillary carcinoma is a rare tumor of the gallbladder. Papillary mucinous lesions of the intra- and extra-hepatic biliary tract (BT- IPMN) have been recognized. However the gallbladder is not included, except for the diffuse papillomatosis, where the sequence biliary papillomatosis to papillary carcinoma is proposed. We report a simultaneous case of gallbladder papillary neoplasia and intrahep...

Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a hyperpigmented keratotic skin lesion known to be associated with malignant disease and endocrinopathy. We report a very rare case of generalized AN with Sjögren's syndrome- and systemic lupus erythematosus-like features but without type B insulin resistance. Neither internal malignancy nor other endocrinological disorders, including glucose intolerance, were detec...

Juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis is a childhood disease notorious for its propensity for recurrence. The children are put through the trauma of repeated surgical procedures affecting the physical and emotional quality of life. Many adjuvant therapies are tried to prevent recurrence of the disease after surgical treatment. Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody against vascular ...

This paper describes a possible multifaceted approach to human papillomavirus (HPV) related surveillance in Australia following implementation of a national HPV vaccination program. We describe eight main components: monitoring of vaccine coverage, vaccine safety, type-specific HPV infection surveillance, cervical cytology (Pap screening) coverage and screen detected lesion prevalence, cervical...

OBJECTIVE Describe factors associated with aggressive forms of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred eighty-nine RRP cases diagnosed between 1985 and 2009 were identified in pathological records. HPV was detected by the SPF-10 method with broad spectrum primers, (version 1). RESULTS 113 patients had only one surgery (less aggressive) and 76, two or mo...

A previously healthy patient was seen in the Emergency Department for evaluation of a one-month history of cough and one-day history of hemoptysis. This case report, from a pulmonologist's perspective, includes a comprehensive review of the patient's clinical presentation and outcome, as well as a discussion of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.

Pediatric airway surgery presents many significant challenges to the anesthesia provider. The clinical experience of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary serves as a guide in this review to describe the clinical reasoning and perioperative management of the pediatric patient needing airway surgery, with specific emphasis on diagnostic procedures, trauma, laryngotracheal reconstruction, juven...

BACKGROUND: The relevance of the problem juvenile respiratory papillomatosis lies in recurrent course disease young children. This can lead to development stenosis, requiring repeated, some cases, monthly surgical treatments for endolaryngeal removal papillomas, which sometimes leads persistent scar stenosis larynx. We present clinical case achieving remission CLINICAL CASE: Patient, 5 years ol...