1 Department of Internal Medicine, HCA Healthcare; Mountain View Hospital, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
2 Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
3 Department of Medicine, HCA Healthcare; Mountain View Hospital, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
4 Bhatia Pulmonary Center.
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(02), 670–673
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.2.2288
Received on 01 October 2023; revised on 09 November 2023; accepted on 11 November 2023
The patient is a 22-year-old female with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) requiring multiple laser ablations, presents for fiberoptic bronchoscopy due to worsening cavitary lesions of the right upper lobe seen on computed tomography (CT) scans. While these lesions were first attributed to her human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, bronchial cultures revealed a methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infection. Not only is this case a unique presentation of concurrent RRP and MSSA cavitary lesions, it also highlights the importance of avoiding anchoring bias and initiating investigations for other differential diagnoses. We will review epidemiology, pathogenesis, and current therapeutics of RRP.
Human papillomavirus (HPV); Papillomatosis; Cavitary lesion; Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)
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Andrew Kim DO, Lily Liu, Yi McWhorter DO and Sapna Bhatia MD. Progression of pulmonary cavities beyond HPV papillomatosis: A case report. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(2), 670-673. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.2.2288