  Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{N}$ be a smooth bounded domain, $H$ a
Caratheodory function defined in $\Omega \times \mathbb{R\times R}^{N},$ and
$\mu $ a bounded Radon measure in $\Omega .$ We study the problem%
\begin{equation*} -\Delta_{p}u+H(x,u,\nabla u)=\mu \quad \text{in}\Omega,\qquad
u=0\quad \text{on}\partial \Omega, \end{equation*} where $\Delta_{p}$ is the
$p$-Laplacian ($p>1$)$,$ and we emphasize the case $H(x,u,\nabla u)=\pm \left\|
\nabla u\right\| ^{q}$ ($q>0$). We obtain an existence result under subcritical
growth assumptions on $H,$ we give necessary conditions of existence in terms
of capacity properties, and we prove removability results of eventual
singularities. In the supercritical case, when $\mu \geqq 0$ and $H$ is an
absorption term, i.e. $% H\geqq 0,$ we give two sufficient conditions for
existence of a nonnegative solution.
