Nine children with respiratory papillomatosis have been treated with adenine arabinoside with limited success. No long term benefit was obtained in six, and although resolution was achieved in one and probably two others, this could not be attributed confidently to treatment.

OBJECTIVES To quantify the prevalence of dysplasia and to evaluate the impact of use of cidofovir in recurrent respiratory papilloma biopsy specimens obtained from a pediatric population. DESIGN Retrospective review of patient medical records and histopathologic test results from January 1, 1998, through December 31, 2008. SETTING Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. PATIENTS Patients with a...

INTRODUCTION Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RPP) is a rare benign neoplasm caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). RPP is characterized by recurrent proliferation of the papillomata in the respiratory tract. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of all adult patients with diagnosis of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis admitted to our endoscopic unit between 2000 and 2013 with ...

Juvenile papillomatosis of the breast ("Swiss cheese disease'') is a benign localized proliferative condition of the breast which occurs almost exclusively in young adult women. Patients with this lesion often have a family history of breast carcinoma, but rarely carcinoma may coexist with the lesion at the time of diagnosis. We present a case of a young male with juvenile papillomatosis of the...

TOPIC: Chest Infections TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a rare disease characterized by lesions within the tract secondary to human papilloma virus (HPV) [1]. The carries bimodal distribution, further classified as juvenile or adult onset dependent on age at diagnosis. Juvenile-onset RRP thought be vertical transmission birth, and often self...