Abstract

GUZMAN, Jaemmy; LOUIS, César  and  EL SARROUH, María. Papilomatosis esofágica y respiratoria: Reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura. Gen [online]. 2008, vol.62, n.2, pp.140-142. ISSN 0016-3503.

The esophageal papillomatosis is a low incidence disease, mostly appearing as isolated lesions of the esophagus distal third, in asymptomatic patients who are undergoing upper endoscopy for the study of dyspepsia, evidenced when conducting autopsies. There are only 5 cases of disseminated esophageal papillomatosis reported in the literature. Treatment of these lesions is not standardized because of their low frequency, which has not allowed the conduct of controlled clinical trials, however, there are reports of spontaneous remission. In asymptomatic patients observation of the injury is often suggested. In symptomatic patients, we recommend the use of endoscopic ablative therapies (with the disadvantage of a high rate of recurrence of the injury), and surgical treatment is usually reserved to those patients who do not respond symptomatically to endoscopic therapy.

Keywords : Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD); human papillomavirus (HPV); papillomatosis.