Objective: To document the response of two patients with severe recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis following treatment with intralesional cidofovir in conjunction with carbon-dioxide laser evaporation.
Setting: Tertiary referral centre.
Methods: Retrospective review of treatment of two patients followed up over a 12-month period.
Intervention: Microlaryngoscopy and carbon-dioxide laser evaporation of lesions followed by intralesional injection of cidofovir.
Outcome Measures: Photodocumentation and descriptive statistical representation of intervals between endoscopic treatment. The disease was staged according to severity on endoscopy.
Results: Initially, both patients showed a marked improvement of disease. However, the disease relapsed to a significant extent. Overall, there was no demonstrable change in the frequency of required endoscopies despite subjective improvement of the airway.
Conclusion: Cidofovir may be of some benefit in the management of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, but further studies are still required.
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