This Article  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

RUBEM C. L. AMARANTE, M.D., F.I.C.S.

AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1953;58(1):94-95.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

PAPILLOMA of the larynx in adults is a problem very difficult of solution. In the child it commonly disappears when puberty arrives. Several treatments, medical (as the use of calcined magnesia), physical, and surgical are recognized. Disappearance of papilloma at puberty makes us think of the possibility of a local action of estrogens. However, all therapeutic attempts using estrogens have failed. My colleagues and I also have had opportunity to apply this method, without satisfactory results. We commonly recommend vocal rest and the use of calcined magnesia when the patient remains under our control. Removal of the vilosities is done only to facilitate respiration. We do not agree with the use of radiotherapy because of its inefficacy, noticed on several occasions. It is important to note that several authors, among them Spira, consider a grave professional fault the failure to use this therapy, especially in the child. Vocal rest in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
RIO de JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Footnotes
Read before the Brazilian College of Surgeons, Rio de Janeiro.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?