title: Case Report: Pulmonary Papillomatosis in a Patient Presenting with Cough and Hemoptysis.
abstract: 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. A computed tomography scan of the thorax found a mass on the right lower pulmonary lobe and a mass on the left upper lobe. A biopsy specimen of the right lobe lung mass, obtained during bronchoscopy, demonstrated papilloma. 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.
authors.affiliation: Third-Year Resident in Internal Medicine at the Los Angeles Medical Center in CA. zhou.x.zhang@kp.org.
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Second-Year Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. melisa.chang@cshs.org.
authors.forename: Melisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Attending Physician in the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the Los Angeles Medical Center in CA. luis.m.moreta-sainz@kp.org.
authors.forename: Luis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Moreta-Sainz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed