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Andrea Ossoli1, Andrea Verzeletti
1Istituto di Medicina Legale, Università degli Studi di Brescia, piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Abstract:
Laryngeal papillomatosis is an uncommon respiratory disease. Often misdiagnosed, it can cause acute respiratory insufficiency, quickly fatal if not promptly faced. A case of sudden death due to laryngeal papillomatosis is described in a woman presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). Laryngeal obstruction was not diagnosed in previous medical examinations nor recognised at the time of attempted intubation in ED; only post-mortem investigation allowed discovering a large fleshy mass occluding the larynx in the region of the vocal folds.
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