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Juvenile recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: A rare masquerade of asthma

Boo WH 1 , Rajan P 2 , Ching SM 3 , Lee PY 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Woi Hon Boo (Corresponding author) MD, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Email: [email protected]
  • 2 Philip Rajan MBBS, MMed ORL-HNS, MFST (Edin), Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, 30990 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia Email: [email protected]
  • 3 Siew Mooi Ching MD, MMed Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Email: [email protected]
  • 4 Ping Yein Lee MBBS, MMed Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Email: [email protected]
Malays Fam Physician, 2015;10(2):45-8.
PMID: 27099660 MyJurnal

Abstract

Juvenile recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (JRRP) is a rare condition. The varied presentation of this condition predisposes to misdiagnosis and potential life-threatening airway obstruction. In this paper, we have reported a case of JRRP presenting as severe respiratory distress and consequently mistreated as asthmatic attack culminating in a near fatal acute airway obstruction.

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