Papillomatosis of the respiratory tract. Upper airway obstruction and carcinoma.
Metastasizing squamous cell carcinoma of the lung developed in a patient who had juvenile papillomatosis but had had no previous radiation therapy. At the same time, a significant upper airway obstruction was present. All endobronchial lesions rapidly resolved with radiation therapy, and the carcinoma was resected.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010212:Papilloma / Q000150:complications*