K H Kveberg | PubMed Health

PubMed1996

Papillomatosis of the esophagus.

Esophageal papillomas are rare. Both local irritation as by gastroesophageal reflux and infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) have been implicated as etiological factors. We here describe a 28-year-old female patient with massive esophageal papillomatosis. The clinical course has been mild, with signs of regression after a 3 1/2-year observation period. An extensive evaluation showed no predisposing diseases, and test results for HPV using sensitive methods were negative despite histological features suggesting virus infection and concomitant pharyngeal papillomas that are known to be caused by HPV. This case underlines the incomplete understanding of the etiology of this disease.

Adult↗

PubMed1984

Ventilating tubes in the middle ear. Long-term observations.

This follow-up study is of the same patients we studied in 1976. Then we thought the results were unsatisfactory in 20.9% of the ears treated with ventilating tubes. The hearing losses varied from 25 to 60 dB and chronic otitis media developed in 7.7% of the cases. We think the results of treatment with ventilating tubes in chronic serous otitis media are not good enough. This study shows that there has been an increase in the number of patients with permanent hearing loss and chronic otitis media than in the first study.

Adolescent↗