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A 36-year-old female presents to the surgical center with a history of recurrent laryngeal papillomas. She has no other significant history and is about to undergo removal of a papilloma for the third time. She has been under the care and treatment of her ENT surgeon for several years. He examined the patient two days before the surgical date and determined that
