Abstract

MARRUGO PARDO, Gilberto Eduardo  and  GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, Diana Lucía. Intralesional cidofovir in recurrent respiratory papilomatosis treatment. A sistematic review. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2005, vol.53, n.3, pp.169-177. ISSN 0120-0011.

Objectives. To establish effectiveness and security of Cidofovir as adjunctive treatment in severe recurrent respiratory papilomatosis. Materials and methods. Systematic review of the literature and evaluation of the information. Results. Ten cases series, 78 patients, average age 25.5 years old, initial score of severity 11.6, treatment with 6.8 cidofovir injections, results in decrease of severity score to 2.9 average. Conclusion: cases series with difficulties for comparison of results, show cidofovir as effective treatment of recurrent respiratory papilomatosis.

Keywords : larynx papilomatosis; respiratory papilomatosis; treatment; cidofovir.

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