title: Recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis with bronchopulmonary spread in a 70-year-old man.
abstract: Recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis (RRLP) which is characterized by wart like growths in the larynx is a rare benign disease seen in children and young adults and a few cases are reported in old aged adults. The spread of RRLP throughout the respiratory tract occurs rarely; and involvement of the distal bronchi, bronchioles, and lung parenchyma is very rare. We report a case of tracheobronchial and pulmonary spread of RRLP in a 70-year-old man after two previous surgeries. Despite the rarity of this disease in adults, the correct diagnosis may be suggested by a characteristic combination of clinical, radiographic, and pathologic features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, West Azerbaijan, Iran. mohamadrahimirad@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mohammad Hossein Rahimi
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rad
authors.forename: Effat
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alizadeh
authors.forename: Behrouz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ilkhanizadeh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010212:Papilloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography