Curing a Patient of Recurrent Tracheal Papillomatosis Using Laser Ablation and Adjuvant Radiotherapy
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Sen-Ei Shai1, Li-Ling Wang2, Shih-Chieh Hung3
1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan.
Abstract:
We present a 28-year-old man with an early onset of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis at 1 year. The patient had undergone 31 operations over a period of 7 years. After the diagnosis of tracheal papillomatosis, he received a four-time treatment of T-tube insertion combined with laser fulguration. During the last operation, pathologic findings showed moderate dysplasia with malignancy potential. Conformal radiotherapy was then given at 5000 cGY, targeting the tracheal tumor bed. The patient experienced complete remission with no complications. His condition has lasted for 20 years, and has continued up through the time of this report.
