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Papillomatosis, juvenile laryngeal

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Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords in children and young adults.</P> A baby can contract juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis by being contaminated with the human papilloma virus (HPV) during birth through the vaginal canal of a mother with genital warts (which are also due to HPV).

Each year, about 300 infants are thus born with the virus on their vocal cords.</P> The treatment of juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis is usually by surgical excision.

Recurrences of laryngeal papillomatosis are, unfortunately, frequent.

Remission may occur after several years.</P> NTER><IMG height=324 alt='Thyroid Gland Illustration - Papillomatosis, juvenile laryngeal' src='http://images.medicinenet.com/images/illustrations/thyroid_gland.gif' width=307></CENTER>

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