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ArticleCase reports in oncology2011

Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: a rare chronic disease, difficult to treat, with potential to lung cancer transformation: apropos of two cases and a brief literature review.

Stamatis Katsenos, Heinrich D Becker

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Article in Case reports in oncology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The histopathological spectrum of laryngeal epithelial neoplasia.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2026
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  2. Contemporary management of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: a survey of Australian otolaryngologists.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  17. Current and future management of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2018
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  18. Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis with lung involvement.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stamatis KatsenosDepartment of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, Thoraxklinik at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Heinrich D Becker
Heidelberg University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), which is caused exclusively by human papilloma virus (HPV), is a rare condition characterized by recurrent growth of benign papillomata in the respiratory tract. The papillomata can occur anywhere in the aerodigestive tract but most frequently in the larynx, affecting both children and adults. The management of this entity remains still challenging since no specific definitive treatment exists. Nevertheless, novel surgical interventions as well as several adjuvant therapies have shown promising results in the long-term palliative management of this debilitating disease. Despite its mostly benign nature, RRP may cause significant morbidity and mortality because of its unpredictable clinical course and especially its tendency, albeit infrequent, for malignant transformation. In this article, we present two patients with RRP; one underwent bronchoscopic laser ablation in combination with inhaled interferon-alpha administration that led to a long-term regression of the disease while the other patient was diagnosed with transformation to squamous cell lung carcinoma with fatal outcome. We include a review of the current literature with special emphasis on RRP management and the potential role of HPV in the development of lung cancer.

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Human papilloma virusInterferon-alphaLung cancerRecurrent respiratory papillomatosis

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PMID21526134
PMCPMC3081647
OpenAlexW2090643854

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