Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP) can be a serious and life-threatening condition.
Age of Onset |
Term |
Designation |
<= 12 years of age |
juvenile-onset |
JORPP |
> 12 years of age |
adult-onset |
AORPP |
Clinical features:
(1) persistent hoarseness with slow progression to stridor
(2) dyspnea
(3) difficulty breathing which may progress to airway obstruction
(4) chronic cough
(5) recurrent pneumonia
(6) dysphagia
(7) failure to thrive
(8) cyanosis
Family history:
(1) affected siblings
(2) maternal genital HPV disease
Differential diagnosis:
(1) vocal nodules
(2) subglottic stenosis
(3) tracheomalacia
(4) subglottic hemangioma
(5) subglottic cyst
(6) vocal cord paralysis
Specialty: Infectious Diseases
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