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Selected Reports: ArticlesHuman Papilloma Virus Associated With Solitary Squamous Papilloma Complicated by Bronchiectasis and Bronchial Stenosis
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CASE REPORT
A 28-year-old white man presented for evaluation of recurrent left upper lobe pneumonia. Over a 6-year period, he had seven pneumonias requiring antibiotic therapy. He complained of purulent sputum production, dyspnea, and several episodes of hemoptysis. The patient denied any history of decreased appetite, weight loss, asthma, sinusitis, or tuberculosis exposure. He also denied tobacco or illicit drug use. The patient had no history of foreign travel, and he was not taking any medications.
DISCUSSION
Bronchial papillomas have three distinct clinical presentations: multiple papillomas, inflammatory polyps, or solitary papillomas.1 Multiple papillomas are the most common and occur in the larynx and lower respiratory tract of children, although they have been described in adults.2 They are associated with the HPV and are thought to be secondary to aspiration of the virus in utero or during parturition in a mother infected with genital warts.3,4 Inflammatory papillomas arise in chronically
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