Medical and Clinical Case Reports

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Anesthesia for Excision of Laryngeal and Tracheal Papillomatosis in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report

Authors: Lucas José Resende, Lucas Rodrigues Motta, João Paulo Lopes Carvalho Pereira, Gabriela Veloso de Freitas, Talita de Freitas Souza, Marina Ayres Delgado.

Laryngeal papillomatosis is a rare disease of viral etiology that can obstruct the airway. Symptomatic treatment is essentially surgical. Anesthetic management needs special attention due to a narrow airway that will be shared with the surgical team. We discuss the perioperative management of a child with recurrent papillomatosis and possible strategies to manage similar cases.

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