title: Sudden death and laryngeal papillomatosis: a case report.
abstract: Laryngeal papillomatosis is an uncommon respiratory disease. Often misdiagnosed, it can cause acute respiratory insufficiency, quickly fatal if not promptly faced. A case of sudden death due to laryngeal papillomatosis is described in a woman presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). Laryngeal obstruction was not diagnosed in previous medical examinations nor recognised at the time of attempted intubation in ED; only post-mortem investigation allowed discovering a large fleshy mass occluding the larynx in the region of the vocal folds.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Legale, Università degli Studi di Brescia, piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ossoli
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verzeletti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology*