Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: A Comprehensive Review Swain Santosh Kumar1,*, Debta Priyanka2, Samal Smrutipragnya3, Mohanty Jatindra Nath4, Debta Fakir Mohan5, Dani Anurag6 1Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, IMS and SUM hospital 2Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences 3Ph. D. Scholar, Medical Research Laboratory, IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India 4Research Associate, Medical Research Laboratory, IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India 5Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, S.C.B. Dental College & Hospital, Cuttack, India 6Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, CDCRI, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India *Corresponding Author Santosh Kumar Swain, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Siksha ‘O ’Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, e-mail: santoshvoltaire@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 13 November, 2019. Abstract Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a benign lesion found in the respiratory airway due to infection of human papillomatosis virus (HPV). RRP can affects children to young adults. Most of the pediatric occur at birth which contaminated from birth canals of the mother. In adult patients, the infections transmitted via sexual route. The sores are frequently observed as exophytic knobs, for the most part in the larynx and some of the time at the tracheobronchial trees nasopharynx and lung parenchyma. The disease is frequently random and differ from spontaneous reduction to aggressive importunate or recurrence in nature. Although it is a rare happening, RRP has chance for malignant transformation to squamous cell carcinoma. The diagnosis is confirmed by histopathological examination. Hence, no specific treatment for RRP available till date. Along with several adjuvant therapies, surgery is the eventual treatment option. Top Keywords Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, Human Papilloma virus, Larynx, Laser, Benign. Top |