Papillomatosis of the Respiratory Tract: Upper Airway Obstruction and Carcinoma

Abstract
• Metastasizing squamous cell carcinoma of the lung developed in a patient who had juvenile papillomatosis but had had no previous radiation therapy. At the same time, a significant upper airway obstruction was present. All endobronchial lesions rapidly resolved with radiation therapy, and the carcinoma was resected. (Arch Otolaryngol 104:413-416, 1978)