Most common benign lesion of larynx in the pediatric age group is

Juvenile papillomatosis is the most common benign neoplasm of the larynx in children. It is viral in origin and is caused by human papilloma DNA virus type 6 and 11. It is presumed that affected children got the disease at bih from their mothers who had vaginal human papilloma virus disease.Patient, often a child, between the age of 3 and 5 years presents with hoarseness or aphonia with respiratory difficulty or even stridor.Dhingra 6e pg: 306