ABSTRACT
The most common laryngeal mass in children is recurrent respiratory papillomatosis [RRP]. Studies have attempted to correlate viral typing and its aggressiveness. 29 patients with histologically confirmed RRP enrolled in adjuvant therapies. Patients underwent several surgical interventions. HPV genotyping demonstrated 45% HPV-6 and 55% HPV-11. The mean age at the first surgical intervention was 52.39 months [SD=102.28] [range from 4 months to 426 months]. The mean number of surgical intervention was 10.39 [SD=7.76] [range from 2 to 30]. The mean time of surgical intervals was 4.63 months [SD=4.02] [range from 2 to 24 months]. In fourteen patients [48%] tracheotomy was done. All patients who had tracheotomy received alpha-interferon. One of our cases was a male who had pulmonary extension with HPV-6. A review of patients with RRP was regarding to HPV genotyping and need for adjuvant therapy and tracheostomy. Mean number of surgical procedure was 10/40 and nearly fourteen patients [48%] need to tracheotomy. The clinical differences between HPV6 and HPV11 disease may not be accurately predictable. Patients with less age and with HPV-11 seemed to have more severe problems, but these differences were not statistically significant which needs much more investigations for reasonable starting point of evaluation for these differences