INFLAMMATORY CELLS AND HPV TYPE RELATED TO AGGRESSIVENESS IN LARYNGEAL PAPILLOMATOSIS

Objective: The aim of this study was to perform an epidemiologic, clinical, microscopic, immunohistochemical, and human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypical characterization of laryngeal papillomatosis (LP) and associate its results to the Derkay anatomic score. Study Design: A total of 36 samples of the juvenile group (JLP) and 56 samples of the adult group (ALP) were retrospectively analyzed and subdivided into groups according to Derkay index: higher level (≥20) and lower level (