Pharyngeal Papilloma: a Rare Non-Pulmonary Cause of Hemoptysis
The most common benign neoplasm of the pharynx is papilloma. It is characterized by bulging brittle lesions, which are pedicled or sessile, whitish-grey or pinkish colour. Progressive hoarseness is the main clinical feature. When the papillomata spread throughout the tracheobronchial tree symptoms s...
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doaj-855394c77abe4901bfc23216681760082020-11-24T21:56:36ZengKarolinum PressActa Medica1211-42861805-96942019-01-0161415816110.14712/18059694.2018.1367828Pharyngeal Papilloma: a Rare Non-Pulmonary Cause of HemoptysisStamatis KatsenosMelita NikolopoulouThe most common benign neoplasm of the pharynx is papilloma. It is characterized by bulging brittle lesions, which are pedicled or sessile, whitish-grey or pinkish colour. Progressive hoarseness is the main clinical feature. When the papillomata spread throughout the tracheobronchial tree symptoms such as chronic cough, stridor, dyspnea or acute respiratory distress are mostly present. Hemoptysis as a presenting symptom is exceptionally rare in patients with pharyngeal papillomatosis. Herein, we report a case of pharyngeal papillomatosis in which hemoptysis was the primary clinical manifestation. The clinical and therapeutic aspects of the disease are briefly discussed.https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/61/4/0158/hemoptysispharynxpapilloma |
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Stamatis Katsenos Melita Nikolopoulou Pharyngeal Papilloma: a Rare Non-Pulmonary Cause of Hemoptysis Acta Medica hemoptysis pharynx papilloma |
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Pharyngeal Papilloma: a Rare Non-Pulmonary Cause of Hemoptysis |
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Pharyngeal Papilloma: a Rare Non-Pulmonary Cause of Hemoptysis |
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Pharyngeal Papilloma: a Rare Non-Pulmonary Cause of Hemoptysis |
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Pharyngeal Papilloma: a Rare Non-Pulmonary Cause of Hemoptysis |
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Pharyngeal Papilloma: a Rare Non-Pulmonary Cause of Hemoptysis |
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pharyngeal papilloma: a rare non-pulmonary cause of hemoptysis |
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Karolinum Press |
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Acta Medica |
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1211-4286 1805-9694 |
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2019-01-01 |
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The most common benign neoplasm of the pharynx is papilloma. It is characterized by bulging brittle lesions, which are pedicled or sessile, whitish-grey or pinkish colour. Progressive hoarseness is the main clinical feature. When the papillomata spread throughout the tracheobronchial tree symptoms such as chronic cough, stridor, dyspnea or acute respiratory distress are mostly present. Hemoptysis as a presenting symptom is exceptionally rare in patients with pharyngeal papillomatosis. Herein, we report a case of pharyngeal papillomatosis in which hemoptysis was the primary clinical manifestation. The clinical and therapeutic aspects of the disease are briefly discussed. |
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hemoptysis pharynx papilloma |
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