Multiple papilloma of the larynx in an adult--a case report.

ABSTRACT

Multiple papilloma of the larynx commonly affects the juvenile subjects. Only a few adult cases have been reported. Such a rare case in Bangladesh, is reported here. Twenty five years old one male patient was admitted into Sir Salimullah Medical College & Mitford Hospital with the complaints of hoarseness of voice & dysponea. He was diagnosed as papilloma clinically and histopathologically, and treated with tracheostomy & microlaryngoscopic excision of the masses. The patient was readmitted after 3 months with recurrence of papilloma at the same site and the growth was excised under anaesthesia. The past history of his illness revealed that he underwent to more surgeries for the same condition. The patient was lost to follow up.